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10 And the Lord gave me the two stone tablets written with the finger of God; on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken to you at the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly.(A)

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The Two Tablets of the Covenant

18 When God[a] finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.(A)

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  1. 31.18 Heb he

10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.(A)

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16 This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’(A)

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Then he wrote on the tablets the same words as before, the ten commandments[a] that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly, and the Lord gave them to me.(A)

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  1. 10.4 Heb the ten words

and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are human hearts.[a](A)

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  1. 3.3 Gk hearts of flesh

20 But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.(A)

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28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.(A)

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“ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(A) you shall have no other gods before[a] me.

“ ‘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. 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 fourth generation of those who reject me(B) 10 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(C)

11 “ ‘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.

12 “ ‘Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.(D) 15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.(E)

16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “ ‘You shall not murder.[c]

18 “ ‘Neither shall you commit adultery.

19 “ ‘Neither shall you steal.

20 “ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 “ ‘Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife.

“ ‘Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’ ”(F)

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  1. 5.7 Or besides
  2. 5.10 Or to thousands
  3. 5.17 Or kill

10 how you once stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people for me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me as long as they live on the earth and may teach their children so’;(A) 11 you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain was blazing up to the very heavens, shrouded in dark clouds.(B) 12 Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.(C) 13 He declared to you his covenant, which he charged you to observe, that is, the ten commandments,[a] and he wrote them on two stone tablets.(D) 14 And the Lord charged me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy.

15 “Since you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire, watch yourselves closely,

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  1. 4.13 Heb the ten words

The Ten Commandments

20 Then God spoke all these words,(A)

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(B) you shall have no other gods before[a] me.(C)

“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.(D) 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(E) but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(F)

“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.(G)

“Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.(H) Six days you shall labor and do all your work.(I) 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.(J)

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.(K)

13 “You shall not murder.[c](L)

14 “You shall not commit adultery.(M)

15 “You shall not steal.(N)

16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(O)

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.”(P)

18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid[d] and trembled and stood at a distance(Q)

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  1. 20.3 Or besides
  2. 20.6 Or to thousands
  3. 20.13 Or kill
  4. 20.18 Sam Gk Syr Vg: MT they saw

17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now all of Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently.(A) 19 As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder.(B)

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