Exodus 20
1 God spoke all these words:
And God said all these words:
2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
3 You must have no other gods before me.
You are to have no other gods but me.
4 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.
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 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.
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 But I show covenant faithfulness to thousands of those who 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 must not take the name of Yahweh your God, in vain, for I will not hold guiltless anyone who takes my 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 set it apart to me.
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 You must labor and do all your work for six days.
On six days do all your work:
10 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.
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 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.
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, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving 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 must not murder anyone.
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
14 You must not commit adultery.
Do not be false to the married relation.
15 You must not steal from anyone.
Do not take the property of another.
16 You must not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
17 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.”
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 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.
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 They said to Moses, “Speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will 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 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.”
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 So the people stood far off, and Moses approached 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 Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you must tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves 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 will not make for yourselves other gods alongside me, gods of silver or gods of gold.
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
24 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.
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 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.
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 You must not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed.'”
And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
