Exodus 20
1 And God speaks all these words, saying,
And God spake all these words, saying,
2 “I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 You have no other Gods before Me.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 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.
Thou shalt not make unto thee 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:
5 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,
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
6 and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 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.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 six days you labor and have done all your work,
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 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—
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
11 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.
For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 You do not murder.
Thou shalt not kill.
14 You do not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 You do not steal.
Thou shalt not steal.
16 You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 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.”
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s.
18 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,
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.
19 and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 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.”
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].
22 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;
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24 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.
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 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;
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
