Exodus 20

1 And God spoke all these words:

And God speaks all these words, saying,

2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

You have no other Gods before Me.

4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

You do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

6 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

You do not take up the Name of your God YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him who takes up His Name for a vain thing.

8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;

9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

six days you labor and have done all your work,

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—

11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

13 You shall not murder.

You do not murder.

14 You shall not commit adultery.

You do not commit adultery.

15 You shall not steal.

You do not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”

18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand far off,

19 “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

20 “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

23 You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

24 You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you.

25 Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

26 And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’

neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.