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21 “‘You are not to desire[a] your neighbor’s wife nor crave your neighbor’s house,[b] his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor.’”

Moses Recalls God’s Warnings

22 “The Lord declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire[c] and dark clouds,[d] and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 23 When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:21 Lit. to covet; i.e. to set your heart on
  2. Deuteronomy 5:21 Or neighbor’s family dynasty
  3. Deuteronomy 5:22 LXX Sam Pentateuch read dark; cf. Deut 4:11
  4. Deuteronomy 5:22 Lit. cloud and thick darkness

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(A)

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(B) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(C) and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(D) came to me.

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