Deuteronomy 5

1 Then Moses called all the Israelites together and told them: Listen, people of Israel to the rules and regulations that I'm giving you today. Learn them and make sure you follow them carefully.

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

2 Remember that the Lord our God made an agreement with us at Horeb.

The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

3 He didn't make this agreement with our fathers, but with us, all of those who are still alive today.

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

4 The Lord talked with you person to person from the fire on the mountain.

The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

5 This was the time when I stood between the Lord and you to tell you what the Lord said, because you were afraid of the fire and refused to go up the mountain. He told you,

At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

6 “I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.

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

7 You must not have any other gods except me.

You shall have no other gods before Me.

8 You must not make for yourself any kind of idol, whether in the form of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.

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.

9 You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;

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,

10 but I show trustworthy love to the thousands of generations who love me and keep my commandments.

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

11 You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way, for the Lord will not forgive anyone who uses his name in a wrong way.

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.

12 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord as the Lord your God has commanded you to do.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

13 You have six days to work and earn your living,

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath to honor the Lord your God. On this day you must not do any work—not you, not your son or daughter, not your male slave or female slave or your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, and not the foreigner who is staying with you, so that your male slave and females slave can have the same rest as you.

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, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

15 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, and that the Lord your God led you out from there with his great power and incredible strength. This is why the Lord your God has ordered you to keep the Sabbath day.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that you may live a long time and do well in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

17 You must not kill people.

You shall not murder.

18 You must not commit adultery.

You shall not commit adultery.

19 You must not steal.

You shall not steal.

20 You must not give false evidence against others.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 You must not desire to have anyone else's wife. You must not desire to have their house or field, or their male slave or female slave, or their ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to them.”

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

22 In a loud voice the Lord gave these commandments to all of you, speaking from the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness that covered the mountain. He didn't add anything else. He wrote them down on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice that came from the darkness while the mountain was on fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me,

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

24 and said, “Listen, the Lord our God has revealed glory and majesty to us, and we have heard his voice that came from the fire. Today we have seen that human beings can don't die even when God speaks with them.

and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

25 But we could still die, couldn't we? This enormous fire is going to burn us up, and we'll die if the Lord our God continues to speak to us.

But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

26 Has anybody else ever heard the living God speak from the fire and survived, we have?

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

27 You go and listen to everything the Lord our God tells you. Then you can repeat to us everything the Lord our God tells you. We promise to listen and obey.”

Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

28 The Lord heard what you told me, and he said to me, “I've heard what these people told you. All that they've said is good.

And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

29 I only wish they really did respect me and always kept my commandments so that they and their children would do well for all time.

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

30 Go and tell them: ‘You need to return to your tents.’

Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

31 But you are to stay here with me so that I can give you all the commandments and rules and regulations you are to teach them to follow in the country that I am giving them to take over and own.”

But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

32 So make sure you do what the Lord your God has ordered you to do—don't go astray in any direction.

So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

33 Follow all the ways the Lord your God has shown you, so that you do well and live long lives in the country that you will occupy.

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.