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The Ten Commandments(A)

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Israel, listen to the laws and rules I’m telling you today. Learn them and faithfully obey them.

The Lord our God made a promise [a] to us at Mount Horeb. He didn’t make this promise to our ancestors, but to all of us who are alive here today. The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain. I stood between the Lord and you to tell you the Lord’s word, because you were afraid of the fire and didn’t go up on the mountain. The Lord said:

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

“Never have any other gods. Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water. Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. 10 But I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

11 “Never use the name of the Lord your God carelessly. The Lord will make sure that anyone who uses his name carelessly will be punished.

12 “Observe the day of rest as a holy day. This is what the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 You have six days to do all your work. 14 The seventh day is the day of rest—a holy day dedicated to the Lord your God. You, your sons, your daughters, your male and female slaves, your oxen, your donkeys—all of your animals—even the foreigners living in your city must never do any work ⌞on that day⌟. In this way your male and female slaves can rest as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring you out of there. This is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the day of rest as a holy day.

16 “Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live for a long time, and things will go well for you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “Never murder.

18 “Never commit adultery.

19 “Never steal.

20 “Never avoid the truth when you testify about your neighbor.[b]

21 “Never desire to take your neighbor’s wife away from him.

“Never long for your neighbor’s household, his field, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to him.”

22 These are the commandments the Lord spoke to your whole assembly on the mountain. He spoke in a loud voice from the fire, the cloud, and the gloomy darkness. Then he stopped speaking. He wrote the commandments on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

23 But when you heard the voice coming from the darkness and saw the mountain blazing with fire, all the leaders and heads of your tribes came to me. 24 You said, “The Lord our God has let us see how great and glorious he is. We’ve heard his voice come from the fire. Today we’ve seen that people can live even if God speaks to them. 25 Why should we die? This great fire will consume us! If we continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God, we’ll die! 26 Who has ever heard the voice of the living God speak from a fire, as we did, and lived? 27 ⌞Moses,⌟ go and listen to everything that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We’ll listen and obey.”

28 When the Lord heard the words that you spoke to me, he said, “I have heard what these people said to you. Everything they said was good. 29 If only they would fear me and obey all my commandments as long as they live! Then things would go well for them and their children forever.

30 “Tell the people to go back to their tents. 31 But you stay here with me. I will give you all the commands, laws, and rules that you must teach them to obey in the land which I’m giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you. Never stop living this way. 33 Follow all the directions the Lord your God has given you. Then you will continue to live, life will go well for you, and you will live for a long time in the land that you are going to possess.

Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Or “covenant.”
  2. 5:20 Deuteronomy 5:21–33 in English Bibles is Deuteronomy 5:17–30 in some Hebrew Bibles.

The Ten Commandments

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. (A)The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. (B)Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The Lord spoke with you (C)face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, (D)while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For (E)you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:

(F)“‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

“‘You shall have no other gods before[a] me.

“‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness 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, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing steadfast love to (G)thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

11 “‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but (H)the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, (I)that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 (J)You shall remember that you were a slave[c] in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there (K)with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, (L)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 (M)“‘You shall not murder.[d]

18 (N)“‘And you shall not commit adultery.

19 “‘And you shall not steal.

20 “‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.’

22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly (O)at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And (P)he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 23 And (Q)as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders. 24 And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and (R)greatness, and (S)we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man (T)still live. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. (U)If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die. 26 (V)For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived? 27 Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say, and (W)speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.’

28 “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. (X)They are right in all that they have spoken. 29 (Y)Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, (Z)that it might go well with them and with their descendants[e] forever! 30 Go and say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But you, stand here by me, and (AA)I will tell you the whole commandment and the statutes and the rules that you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.’ 32 You shall be careful therefore to do as the Lord your God has commanded you. (AB)You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 (AC)You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and (AD)that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides
  2. Deuteronomy 5:10 Or to the thousandth generation
  3. Deuteronomy 5:15 Or servant
  4. Deuteronomy 5:17 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
  5. Deuteronomy 5:29 Or sons

Moïse convoqua tous les Israélites et leur dit: «Ecoute, Israël, les prescriptions et les règles que je vous fais entendre aujourd'hui. Apprenez-les et mettez-les soigneusement en pratique.

»L'Eternel, notre Dieu, a conclu une alliance avec nous à Horeb. Ce n'est pas avec nos ancêtres que l'Eternel a conclu cette alliance, c'est avec nous, qui sommes ici aujourd'hui, tous vivants. L'Eternel vous a parlé face à face sur la montagne, du milieu du feu. Je me suis alors tenu entre l'Eternel et vous pour vous annoncer la parole de l'Eternel. En effet, vous aviez peur du feu et vous n’êtes pas montés sur la montagne. Il a dit:

»‘*Je suis l'Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t'ai fait sortir d'Egypte[a], de la maison d'esclavage.

»Tu n'auras pas d'autres dieux devant moi.

»Tu ne te feras pas de sculpture sacrée ni aucune représentation de ce qui est en haut dans le ciel, en bas sur la terre et dans l’eau plus bas que la terre.

»Tu ne te prosterneras pas devant ces choses et tu ne les serviras pas, car moi, l'Eternel, ton Dieu, je suis un Dieu jaloux. Je punis la faute des pères sur les enfants jusqu'à la troisième et à la quatrième génération de ceux qui me détestent, 10 et j’agis avec bonté jusqu'à 1000 générations envers ceux qui m'aiment et qui respectent mes commandements.

11 »Tu n’utiliseras pas le nom de l'Eternel, ton Dieu, à la légère, car l'Eternel ne laissera pas impuni celui qui utilisera son nom à la légère.

12 »Respecte le jour du repos en en faisant un jour saint comme l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te l'a ordonné. 13 Pendant 6 jours, tu travailleras et tu feras tout ce que tu dois faire. 14 Mais le septième jour est le jour du repos de l'Eternel, ton Dieu. Tu ne feras aucun travail, ni toi, ni ton fils, ni ta fille, ni ton esclave, ni ta servante, ni ton bœuf, ni ton âne, ni aucune de tes bêtes, ni l'étranger qui habite chez toi, afin que ton esclave et ta servante se reposent comme toi. 15 Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave en Egypte et que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'en a fait sortir avec puissance et force. Voilà pourquoi l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'a ordonné de respecter le jour du repos.

16 »*Honore ton père et ta mère comme l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te l'a ordonné, afin de vivre longtemps et d’être heureux dans le pays que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te donne.

17 »Tu ne commettras pas de meurtre.

18 »Tu ne commettras pas d'adultère.

19 »Tu ne commettras pas de vol.

20 »Tu ne porteras pas de faux témoignage contre ton prochain.

21 »Tu ne convoiteras pas[b] la femme de ton prochain; tu ne désireras pas la maison de ton prochain, ni son champ, ni son esclave, ni sa servante, ni son bœuf, ni son âne, ni quoi que ce soit qui lui appartienne.’

22 »Telles sont les paroles que l'Eternel a prononcées à haute voix sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, des nuées et de l'obscurité, et qu'il a adressées à toute votre assemblée, sans rien ajouter. Il les a écrites sur deux tables de pierre qu'il m’a données.

23 »Lorsque vous avez entendu la voix du milieu des ténèbres et tandis que la montagne était tout en feu, vos chefs de tribus et vos anciens[c] se sont tous approchés de moi, 24 et vous avez dit: ‘Voici que l'Eternel, notre Dieu, nous a montré sa gloire et sa grandeur, et nous avons entendu sa voix du milieu du feu. Aujourd'hui, nous avons vu que Dieu a parlé à des hommes et qu'ils sont restés en vie. 25 Maintenant pourquoi mourrions-nous? En effet, ce grand feu nous dévorera. Si nous continuons à entendre la voix de l'Eternel, notre Dieu, nous mourrons. 26 Quel est l'homme, en effet, qui ait déjà entendu, comme nous, le Dieu vivant parler du milieu du feu et qui soit resté en vie? 27 Que ce soit toi qui t’approches et écoutes tout ce que dira l'Eternel, notre Dieu. Tu nous rapporteras toi-même tout ce que te dira l'Eternel, notre Dieu; nous l'écouterons et nous le ferons.’

28 »L'Eternel a entendu les paroles que vous m’avez adressées et il m’a dit: ‘J'ai entendu les paroles que ce peuple t'a adressées. Tout ce qu'ils ont dit est bien. 29 Si seulement ils avaient toujours ce même cœur pour me craindre et pour respecter tous mes commandements, afin d’être toujours heureux, eux et leurs enfants! 30 Va leur dire de retourner dans leurs tentes. 31 Quant à toi, reste ici avec moi et je te dirai tous les commandements, les prescriptions et les règles que tu devras leur enseigner afin qu'ils les mettent en pratique dans le pays dont je leur donne la possession. 32 Vous veillerez à vous conformer à ce que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, vous a ordonné de faire, vous ne vous en écarterez ni à droite ni à gauche. 33 Vous suivrez entièrement la voie que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, vous a prescrite, afin de vivre et d’être heureux, de vivre longtemps dans le pays dont vous aurez la possession.’

Footnotes

  1. Deutéronome 5:6 Je suis… d’Egypte: affirmation identique au Psaume 81.11.
  2. Deutéronome 5:21 Honore… convoiteras pas: voir la note sur Exode 20.12-17.
  3. Deutéronome 5:23 Anciens: fonction présente dans la plupart des peuples de l’Orient ancien, dont Israël, qui consistait notamment à diriger et conseiller le peuple.

The Ten Commandments(A)

Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(B) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. The Lord our God made a covenant(C) with us at Horeb.(D) It was not with our ancestors[a] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(E) with all of us who are alive here today.(F) The Lord spoke(G) to you face to face(H) out of the fire(I) on the mountain. (At that time I stood between(J) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(K) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,(L) out of the land of slavery.(M)

“You shall have no other gods before[b] me.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(N) You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(O) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(P) 10 but showing love to a thousand(Q) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(R)

11 “You shall not misuse the name(S) of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(T)

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy,(U) as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day(V) is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant,(W) nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.(X) 15 Remember that you were slaves(Y) in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand(Z) and an outstretched arm.(AA) Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father(AB) and your mother,(AC) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(AD) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(AE)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(AF)

19 “You shall not steal.(AG)

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

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.”(AI)

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;(AJ) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(AK) 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(AL) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(AM) his glory and his majesty,(AN) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(AO) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(AP) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(AQ) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(AR) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(AS)

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.(AT) 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(AU) and keep all my commands(AV) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(AW)

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(AX) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;(AY) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.(AZ) 33 Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,(BA) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days(BB) in the land that you will possess.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or not only with our parents
  2. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides