Exodus 20

1 And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:

And the Lord spoke all these words:

2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.

3 You shall have no other gods beside me.

You shall not have strange gods before me.

4 You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.

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.

5 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

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,

6 and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments.

and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.

7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

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.

8 Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath.

9 Six days you shall labor, and shall perform all your work.

For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks.

10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox nor your ass, nor any cattle of your, nor the stranger that sojourns with you.

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.

11 For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

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.

12 Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

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.

13 You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not murder.

14 You shall not steal.

You shall not commit adultery.

15 You shall not kill.

You shall not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to your neighbor.

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.”

18 And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,

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,

19 and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”

20 And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that you sin not.

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.”

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.

22 And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

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.

23 You shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make to yourselves.

You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

24 You shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to you and bless you.

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.

25 And if you will make to me an altar of stones, you shall not build them hewn [stones]; for you have lifted up your tool upon them, and they are defiled.

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.

26 You shall not go up to my altar by steps, that you may not uncover your nakedness upon it.

You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”