The Lord spoke with you (A)face to face at the mountain (B)from the midst of the fire, while (C)I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; (D)for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up on the mountain. [a]He said,

(E)I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [b]slavery.

(F)You shall have no other gods besides Me.

(G)You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any [c]likeness of what is in heaven above [d]or on the earth beneath [e]or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (H)inflicting the [f]punishment of the fathers on the children, [g]even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 but (I)showing [h]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

11 (J)You shall not take the name of the Lord your God [i]in vain, for the Lord will not [j]leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain.

12 (K)Keep the Sabbath day to treat it as holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 For six days you [k]shall labor and do all your work, 14 but (L)the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work that day, you or your son or your daughter, or your male slave or your female slave, or your ox, your donkey, or any of your cattle, or your [l]resident who [m]stays with you, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest as well as you. 15 (M)And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to [n]celebrate the Sabbath day.

16 (N)Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, (O)so that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well for you on the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

17 (P)You shall not murder.

18 (Q)You shall not commit adultery.

19 (R)You shall not steal.

20 (S)You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

21 (T)You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male slave or his female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:5 Lit saying
  2. Deuteronomy 5:6 Lit slaves
  3. Deuteronomy 5:8 Or manifestation
  4. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  5. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  6. Deuteronomy 5:9 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  7. Deuteronomy 5:9 Or and on
  8. Deuteronomy 5:10 Or faithfulness
  9. Deuteronomy 5:11 I.e., uselessly or abusively
  10. Deuteronomy 5:11 Or hold guiltless
  11. Deuteronomy 5:13 Or may
  12. Deuteronomy 5:14 Lit stranger
  13. Deuteronomy 5:14 Lit is in your gates
  14. Deuteronomy 5:15 Lit perform

The Ten Commandments

20 Then God spoke all these words, saying,

(A)I am the Lord your God, (B)who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [a]slavery.

(C)You shall have no other (D)gods [b]before Me.

(E)You shall not make for yourself [c]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. (F)You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a (G)jealous God, (H)inflicting the [d]punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing [e]favor to (I)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

(J)You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not [f]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

“Remember (K)the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (L)For six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; on it (M)you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your [g]resident who [h]stays with you. 11 (N)For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; for that reason the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 (O)Honor your father and your mother, so that your (P)days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.

13 (Q)You shall not murder.

14 (R)You shall not commit adultery.

15 (S)You shall not steal.

16 (T)You shall not [i]give false testimony against your (U)neighbor.

17 (V)You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (W)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:2 Lit slaves
  2. Exodus 20:3 Or besides Me
  3. Exodus 20:4 Or a carved image
  4. Exodus 20:5 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  5. Exodus 20:6 Or faithfulness
  6. Exodus 20:7 Or hold him guiltless
  7. Exodus 20:10 Lit stranger
  8. Exodus 20:10 Lit is in your gates
  9. Exodus 20:16 Lit answer as a false witness against

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