Exodus 20
1 God spoke all these words:
And God spoke all these words, saying:
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 thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 You must have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt have no other gods before 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.
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of 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 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.
thou shalt not bow down unto 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 But I show covenant faithfulness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
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.
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 set it apart to me.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 You must labor and do all your work for six days.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy 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 unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
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, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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.
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 You must not murder anyone.
Thou shalt not murder.
14 You must not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 You must not steal from anyone.
Thou shalt not steal.
16 You must not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 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.”
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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 perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
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 unto Moses: 'Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
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 unto the people: 'Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.'
21 So the people stood far off, and Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness 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 unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 You will not make for yourselves other gods alongside me, gods of silver or gods of gold.
Ye shall not make with Me — gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
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.
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 every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.
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 thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.
26 You must not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed.'”
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
