< Exodus 20 >
1 And God speaks all these words, saying,
God spoke all these words:
2 “I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 You have no other Gods before Me.
You must 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.
You must not make for yourself a carved figure nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below.
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 must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the descendants, to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
6 and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
But I show covenant faithfulness to thousands of those who 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.
You must not take the name of Yahweh your God, in vain, for I will not hold guiltless anyone who takes my name in vain.
8 Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;
Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart to me.
9 six days you labor and have done all your work,
You must labor and do all your work for six days.
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 a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. On it you must not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the foreigner who is within your 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 Yahweh made the heavens and earth, the sea, and everything that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
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, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.
You must not murder anyone.
14 You do not commit adultery.
You must not commit adultery.
You must not steal from anyone.
16 You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
You must not give false testimony 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 must not covet your neighbor's house; you must not covet your neighbor's wife, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that 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,
All the people saw the thundering and the lightning, and heard the voice of the trumpet, and saw the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled and stood far off.
19 and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”
They said to Moses, “Speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will 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.”
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you so that the honor of him may be in you, and so that you do not sin.”
21 And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].
So the people stood far off, and Moses approached 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;
Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you must tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves 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.
You will not make for yourselves other gods alongside me, gods of silver or 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.
You must make an earthen altar for me, and you must sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, fellowship offerings, sheep, and oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be honored, 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;
If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of cut stones, for if you use your tools on it, you will have defiled it.
26 neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.
You must not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed.'”