Exodus 20
1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
And God said all these words:
2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
3 You shall have no other gods before me.
You are to have no other gods but me.
4 You shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water 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 bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that 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 them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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 him guiltless that takes his name in vain.
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 the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:
On six days do all your work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that 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, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed 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: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives 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 kill.
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 bear false witness against your neighbor.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor’s.
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 And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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 And they said to Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we 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, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.
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 afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with 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 with me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name 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 will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
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 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon.
And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
