Deuteronomy 5:6-21
1599 Geneva Bible
6 ¶ (A)I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of [a]bondage.
7 Thou shalt have none [b]other gods before my face.
8 Thou shalt make thee no graven image or any likeness of that that is in heaven above, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.
9 Thou shalt neither bow thyself unto them, nor serve them: for (B)I the Lord thy God am a [c]jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, even unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that [d]love me, and keep my commandments.
11 Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain.
12 Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six days [e]thou shalt labor, and shalt do all thy work:
14 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not do any work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, neither any of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maid may rest as well as thou.
15 For, remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand, and a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to observe the Sabbath day.
16 ¶ [f]Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
17 (C)Thou shalt not kill.
18 (D)Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19 (E)Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
21 (F)Neither shalt [g]thou covet thy neighbor’s wife, neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, his ox, nor his ass, nor ought that thy neighbor hath.
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- Deuteronomy 5:6 Or, servant.
- Deuteronomy 5:7 God bindeth us to serve him only, without superstition and idolatry.
- Deuteronomy 5:9 That is, of his honor, not permitting it to be given to others.
- Deuteronomy 5:10 The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.
- Deuteronomy 5:13 Meaning, since God permitteth six days to our labors, that we ought willingly to dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly.
- Deuteronomy 5:16 Not for a show, but with true obedience, and due reverence.
- Deuteronomy 5:21 He speaketh not only of that resolute will, but that there be no motion or affection.
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