Exodus 20
1 And the Lord spoke all these words:
And God said all these words:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
3 You shall not have strange gods before me.
You are to have no other gods but me.
4 You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth.
You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
5 You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
6 and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
8 Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath.
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks.
On six days do all your work:
10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates.
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
Do not be false to the married relation.
15 You shall not steal.
Do not take the property of another.
16 You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”
Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
18 Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
19 saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
20 And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.”
And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
21 And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
22 Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: “This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven
23 You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
24 You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you.
Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.
25 And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled.
And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.
26 You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”
And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
