Exodus 20

1 And God speaks all these words, saying,

And the Lord spoke 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 your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 You have no other Gods before Me.

You shall have no other gods beside 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.

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.

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,

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,

6 and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that 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.

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.

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 you shall labor, and shall perform all your 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 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.

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 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.

12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

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.

13 You do not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

14 You do not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

15 You do not steal.

You shall not kill.

16 You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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.”

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.

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 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,

19 and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to 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 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.

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 went into the 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 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.

23 you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

26 neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.

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