The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

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Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. It was not with our ancestors[a] that Yahweh made this covenant, but with these of us who are here alive today. Face to face[b] Yahweh spoke with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire. I was standing between Yahweh and you[c] at that time to report[d] to you the word of Yahweh, for you were afraid because of the presence of[e] the fire, and so you did not go up the mountain. He said,[f]

‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. There shall not be for you other gods besides me.[g]

‘You shall not make for yourself a divine image of any type of form that is in the 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, and you shall not serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, punishing the guilt of fathers upon their children and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those hating me, 10 but showing loyal love to thousands of those who love me and of those who keep my commandments.

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Notas al pie

  1. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or “fathers”
  2. Deuteronomy 5:4 Literally “Faces to faces”
  3. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “between Yahweh and between you”
  4. Deuteronomy 5:5 Or “declare”
  5. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “the faces of”
  6. Deuteronomy 5:5 Literally “To say”
  7. Deuteronomy 5:7 Literally “before my face”