Deuteronomy 5:6
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6 “ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(A)
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Exodus 20:2-17
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2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(A) 3 you shall have no other gods before[a] me.(B)
4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.(C) 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(D) 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(E)
7 “You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.(F)
8 “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.(G) 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work.(H) 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.(I)
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.(J)
13 “You shall not murder.[c](K)
14 “You shall not commit adultery.(L)
15 “You shall not steal.(M)
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(N)
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(O)
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Psalm 81:5-10
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5 He made it a decree in Joseph,
when he went out over[a] the land of Egypt.
I hear a voice I had not known:(A)
6 “I relieved your[b] shoulder of the burden;
your[c] hands were freed from the basket.(B)
7 In distress you called, and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah(C)
8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!(D)
9 There shall be no strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a foreign god.(E)
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(F)
Deuteronomy 4:4
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4 while those of you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.
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Leviticus 26:1-2
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Rewards for Obedience
26 “You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them, for I am the Lord your God.(A) 2 You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.(B)
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