1Then God spoke all these things and said,
2“I
am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of slavery.
3You shall not have
any other gods besides me.
4You shall not make yourself
any engraved image or any image
of what
is in heaven above or
of what
is on the earth below, or
of what
is in the water below
the surface of the earth.
5You shall not worship them, and you shall not serve them, for I, the
Lord your God,
am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons,
and on
those of the third generation, and on
those of the fourth generation, of those who hate me,
6and showing kindness to thousands, to those who love me and to those who keep my commandments.
7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the
Lord will not hold him who takes his name in vain innocent.
8Remember the Sabbath day, to sanctify it.
9For six days you shall work and carry out all your business,
10but the seventh day
is the
Lord your God's Sabbath. You shall not do any work
on it –
neither you nor your son nor your daughter,
neither your manservant nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your foreigner who
is within your gates.
11For
in six days the
Lord made heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that
is in them, and on the seventh day he rested, which
is why the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
12Honour your father and your mother, in order that your days may be long on the land which the
Lord your God is giving you.
13You shall not commit murder.
14You shall not commit adultery.
15You shall not steal.
16You shall not give a false testimony against your neighbour.
17You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which
is your neighbour's.”
18And all the people experienced the thunderings and the flames with the sound of the ramshorn and the mountain smoking, and when the people saw
it, they were perturbed, and they stood at a distance.
19And they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, so that we don't die.”
20Then Moses said to the people, “Don't be afraid, for God has come in order to test you, and so that fear of him should be prominent in your minds, so that you do not sin.”
21So the people stood at a distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God
was.
22And the
Lord said to Moses, “This
is what you will say to the sons of Israel: ‘You have seen that I spoke with you from heaven.
23You shall not make gods of silver
competing with me, nor shall you make yourselves gods of gold.
24You shall make me an altar of earth, and you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings on it, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep, and your oxen. Everywhere where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
25And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build
it with hewn stones,
for if you apply your cutting blade to it, you defile it.
26And you shall not go up to my altar by steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed at it.’
Reference(s) in Chapter 20: v.7 ↔ Matthew 5:33 ● v.12 ↔ Matthew 15:4, Matthew 19:19, Mark 7:10, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Ephesians 6:2, Ephesians 6:3 ● v.13 ↔ Matthew 5:21, Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9, James 2:11 ● v.14 ↔ Matthew 5:27, Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9, James 2:11 ● v.15 ↔ Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9 ● v.16 ↔ Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9RP‑marg,TR ● v.17 ↔ Romans 7:7, Romans 13:9.