Exodus 20
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The Ten Commandments
20 Then God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship]. 5 You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [[a]demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,(A) 6 but showing graciousness and steadfast lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the Lord will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who [b]takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].
8 “Remember the Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock or the temporary resident (foreigner) who stays within your [city] gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy [that is, set it apart for His purposes].
12 “Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you.
13 “You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide).(B)
14 “You shall not commit [c]adultery.(C)
15 “You shall not steal [secretly, openly, fraudulently, or through carelessness].(D)
16 “You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).(E)
17 “You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(F)
18 Now all the people witnessed the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountain; and as they looked, the people were afraid, and they trembled [and moved backward] and stood at a [safe] distance. 19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us or we will die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him [that is, a profound reverence for Him] will remain with you, so that you do not sin.” 21 So the people stood at a [safe] distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven. 23 You shall not make other gods [to worship] besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make [these lifeless idols] for yourselves. 24 You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause My Name to be recorded and remembered [through revelation of My divine nature] I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you use a chisel on it, you will [d]profane it. 26 Nor shall you go up to My altar on steps, so that your nakedness will not be [e]exposed on it.’
Footnotes
- Exodus 20:5 God does not tolerate the transfer of the honor and worship that is due Him to any other being or object.
- Exodus 20:7 Using the name of God in a casual, frivolous way establishes a mindset that diminishes and dishonors the omnipotent God. Using the name of God to abuse, manipulate, or deceive invites judgment.
- Exodus 20:14 Jesus amplified this commandment in Matt 5:27, 28. Not only is adultery forbidden, but also any act of sexual impurity or unchastity, and any form of pornography or other obscenity.
- Exodus 20:25 I.e. make it common and unholy.
- Exodus 20:26 How the “nakedness” (private parts) would be exposed is not clear. Even the rabbis were puzzled because the regulation in 28:42 about linen undergarments would appear to solve any problem (according to the Talmud).
Éxodo 20
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20 Entonces Dios habló todas estas palabras diciendo:
2 «(A)Yo soy el Señor tu Dios, que te saqué de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre[a](B).
3 »No tendrás otros dioses delante de[b] Mí(C).
4 »No te harás ningún ídolo, ni semejanza alguna de lo que está arriba en el cielo, ni abajo en la tierra(D), ni en las aguas debajo de la tierra. 5 No los adorarás[c] ni los servirás[d](E). Porque Yo, el Señor tu Dios, soy Dios celoso(F), que castigo la iniquidad de los padres sobre los hijos hasta[e] la tercera y cuarta generación(G) de los que me aborrecen, 6 y muestro misericordia a millares, a los que me aman y guardan Mis mandamientos(H).
7 »No tomarás el nombre del Señor tu Dios en vano, porque el Señor no tendrá por inocente al que tome Su nombre en vano(I).
8 »Acuérdate del día de reposo para santificarlo(J). 9 Seis días trabajarás y harás toda tu obra(K), 10 pero el séptimo día es día de reposo para el Señor tu Dios. No harás en él trabajo alguno, tú, ni tu hijo, ni tu hija, ni tu siervo, ni tu sierva, ni tu ganado, ni el extranjero que está contigo[f](L). 11 Porque en seis días hizo el Señor los cielos y la tierra, el mar y todo lo que en ellos hay, y reposó en el séptimo día(M). Por tanto, el Señor bendijo el día de reposo y lo santificó.
12 »Honra a tu padre y a tu madre(N), para que tus días sean prolongados en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da(O).
13 »No matarás(P).
14 »No cometerás adulterio(Q).
15 »No hurtarás(R).
16 »No darás falso testimonio(S) contra tu prójimo(T).
17 »No codiciarás la casa de tu prójimo(U). No codiciarás la mujer de tu prójimo(V), ni su siervo, ni su sierva, ni su buey, ni su asno, ni nada que sea de tu prójimo».
El pueblo teme al Señor
18 Todo el pueblo percibía los truenos[g] y relámpagos, el sonido de la trompeta y el monte que humeaba(W). Cuando el pueblo vio aquello, temblaron, y se mantuvieron a distancia. 19 Entonces dijeron a Moisés: «Habla tú con nosotros y escucharemos, pero que no hable Dios con nosotros, no sea que muramos(X)». 20 Moisés respondió al pueblo: «No teman(Y), porque Dios ha venido para ponerlos a prueba(Z), y para que Su temor permanezca en[h] ustedes(AA), y para que no pequen». 21 El pueblo se mantuvo a distancia, mientras Moisés se acercaba a la densa nube(AB) donde estaba Dios.
22 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: «Así dirás a los israelitas: “Ustedes han visto que les he hablado[i] desde el cielo(AC). 23 No harán junto a Mí[j] dioses de plata ni dioses de oro(AD). No se los harán(AE). 24 Harás un altar de tierra para Mí(AF), y sobre él sacrificarás tus holocaustos(AG) y tus ofrendas de paz(AH), tus ovejas y tus bueyes. En todo lugar donde Yo haga recordar Mi nombre, vendré a ti y te bendeciré(AI). 25 Si me haces un altar de piedra, no lo construirás de piedras labradas(AJ). Porque si alzas tu cincel sobre él, lo profanarás. 26 Y no subirás por gradas a Mi altar, para que tu desnudez no se descubra sobre él(AK)”.
Footnotes
- Éxodo 20:2 Lit. de la esclavitud.
- Éxodo 20:3 O además de, o junto a.
- Éxodo 20:5 O No te inclinarás ante ellos.
- Éxodo 20:5 O ni los honrarás.
- Éxodo 20:5 Lit. sobre.
- Éxodo 20:10 Lit. tu peregrino que está en tus puertas.
- Éxodo 20:18 Lit. los sonidos.
- Éxodo 20:20 Lit. esté delante de.
- Éxodo 20:22 Lit. he hablado con ustedes.
- Éxodo 20:23 O además de mí.
Deuteronomy 5
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The Ten Commandments Repeated
5 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:
“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments (legal decisions) which I am speaking today in your hearing, so that you may learn them and observe them carefully. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us who are alive here today. 4 The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5 I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said,
6 ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 ‘You shall have no other gods [a]before Me.
8 ‘You shall not make for yourself an idol [as an object to worship], or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 9 You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a [b]jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,(A) 10 but [c]showing graciousness and lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
11 ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the Lord will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who [d]takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].
12 ‘Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God), 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 [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day 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 stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember [with thoughtful concern] that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
16 ‘Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that your days [on the earth] may be prolonged and so that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
17 ‘You shall not [e]murder.
18 ‘You shall not commit [f]adultery.(B)
19 ‘You shall not steal.(C)
20 ‘You shall not give false testimony [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).(D)
21 ‘You shall not covet [that is, desire and seek to acquire] your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’(E)
Moses Interceded
22 “The Lord spoke these words with a great voice to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and He added no more. He wrote these commandments on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 23 And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the leaders (heads) of your tribes and your elders; 24 and you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he [still] lives. 25 Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die. 26 For who is there of all flesh (mankind) who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You, Moses, go near and listen to everything that the Lord our God says; then speak to us everything that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will listen and do it.’
28 “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. They have done well in all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear [and worship Me with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and keep all My commandments always, so that it may go well with them and with their children forever! 30 Go and say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But as for you, stand here by Me, and I will tell you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may obey them in the land which I give them to possess.’ 32 Therefore you shall pay attention and be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left [deviating from My commandments]. 33 You shall walk [that is, live each and every day] in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you will possess.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides.
- Deuteronomy 5:9 See note 4:24.
- Deuteronomy 5:10 Lit doing.
- Deuteronomy 5:11 Using the name of God in a casual, frivolous way establishes a mindset that diminishes and dishonors the omnipotent God. Using the name of God to abuse, manipulate, or deceive invites judgment.
- Deuteronomy 5:17 Or commit homicide. In general, prohibits one from acting on one’s own initiative to deliberately take or maliciously cause to be taken, the life of another.
- Deuteronomy 5:18 Jesus extended this commandment in Matt 5:27, 28. Not only is adultery forbidden, but also the act of looking at a woman with lustful (sexual) desire, which would include indulging oneself in pornography.
Deuteronomio 5
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5 Entonces llamó Moisés a todo Israel y les dijo: «Oye, oh Israel, los estatutos y ordenanzas que hablo hoy a oídos de ustedes, para que los aprendan y pongan por obra[a]. 2 El Señor nuestro Dios hizo un pacto con nosotros en Horeb(A). 3 No hizo el Señor este pacto con nuestros padres, sino con nosotros(B), con todos aquellos de nosotros[b] que estamos vivos aquí hoy. 4 Cara a cara el Señor habló(C) con ustedes en el monte de en medio del fuego(D), 5 mientras yo estaba en aquella ocasión entre el Señor y ustedes para declararles la palabra del Señor(E), porque temían a causa del fuego y no subieron al monte(F). Y Él dijo[c]:
6 “(G)Yo soy el Señor tu Dios, que te saqué de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre[d].
7 ”No tendrás otros dioses delante de[e] Mí(H).
8 ”No te harás ningún ídolo[f], ni semejanza alguna de lo que está arriba en el cielo, ni abajo en la tierra, ni en las aguas debajo de la tierra(I). 9 No los adorarás ni los servirás; porque Yo, el Señor tu Dios, soy Dios celoso, que castigo la iniquidad de los padres sobre los hijos, y sobre la tercera y la cuarta generación de los que me aborrecen(J), 10 pero que muestro misericordia a millares, a los que me aman y guardan Mis mandamientos(K).
11 ”No tomarás en vano el nombre del Señor tu Dios(L), porque el Señor no tendrá por inocente a quien tome Su nombre en vano.
12 ”Guardarás el día de reposo para santificarlo, como el Señor tu Dios lo ha mandado(M). 13 Seis días trabajarás y harás todo tu trabajo, 14 mas el séptimo día es día de reposo para el Señor tu Dios(N); no harás en él ningún trabajo, tú, ni tu hijo, ni tu hija, ni tu siervo, ni tu sierva, ni tu buey, ni tu asno, ni ninguno de tus animales, ni el extranjero que está contigo[g], para que tu siervo y tu sierva también descansen como tú. 15 Acuérdate que fuiste esclavo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el Señor tu Dios te sacó de allí con mano fuerte y brazo extendido; por tanto, el Señor tu Dios te ha ordenado que guardes el día de reposo(O).
16 ”Honra a tu padre y a tu madre(P), como el Señor tu Dios te ha mandado, para que tus días sean prolongados y te vaya bien en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da(Q).
18 ”No cometerás adulterio(S).
19 ”No hurtarás(T).
20 ”No darás falso testimonio contra tu prójimo(U).
21 ”No codiciarás la mujer de tu prójimo, y no desearás(V) la casa de tu prójimo, ni su campo, ni su siervo, ni su sierva, ni su buey, ni su asno, ni nada que sea de tu prójimo”.
22 »Estas palabras habló el Señor a toda la asamblea de ustedes en el monte, de en medio del fuego, de la nube y de las densas tinieblas con una gran voz, y no añadió más. Y las escribió en dos tablas de piedra y me las dio(W). 23 Y cuando ustedes oyeron la voz de en medio de las tinieblas, mientras el monte ardía con fuego, se acercaron a mí, todos los jefes[i] de sus tribus y sus ancianos, 24 y dijeron: “El Señor nuestro Dios nos ha mostrado Su gloria y Su grandeza, y hemos oído Su voz de en medio del fuego; hoy hemos visto que Dios habla con el hombre, y este aún vive. 25 Ahora pues, ¿por qué hemos de morir? Porque este gran fuego nos consumirá; si seguimos oyendo la voz del Señor nuestro Dios, entonces moriremos(X). 26 Porque, ¿qué hombre[j] hay que haya oído la voz del Dios vivo hablando de en medio del fuego, como nosotros, y haya sobrevivido(Y)? 27 Acércate tú, y oye lo que el Señor nuestro Dios dice; entonces dinos todo lo que el Señor nuestro Dios te diga, y lo escucharemos y lo haremos”.
28 »El Señor oyó la voz de las palabras de ustedes cuando me hablaron y el Señor me dijo: “He oído la voz de las palabras de este pueblo, que ellos te han hablado. Han hecho bien en todo lo que han dicho(Z). 29 ¡Oh, si ellos tuvieran tal corazón que me temieran(AA), y guardaran siempre todos Mis mandamientos(AB), para que les fuera bien a ellos y a sus hijos para siempre(AC)! 30 Ve y diles: ‘Vuelvan a sus tiendas’. 31 Pero tú, quédate aquí conmigo, para que Yo te diga todos los mandamientos, los estatutos y los decretos que les enseñarás(AD), a fin de que los cumplan en la tierra que les doy en posesión”. 32 Así que cuiden de hacer tal como el Señor su Dios les ha mandado; no se desvíen a la derecha ni a la izquierda(AE). 33 Anden en todo el camino que el Señor su Dios les ha mandado(AF), a fin de que vivan y les vaya bien, y prolonguen sus días en la tierra que van a poseer(AG).
Footnotes
- Deuteronomio 5:1 Lit. y observen para hacerlos.
- Deuteronomio 5:3 Lit. nosotros mismos.
- Deuteronomio 5:5 Lit. Diciendo.
- Deuteronomio 5:6 Lit. de esclavos.
- Deuteronomio 5:7 O además de, o junto a.
- Deuteronomio 5:8 O ninguna imagen tallada.
- Deuteronomio 5:14 Lit. tu peregrino que está en tus puertas.
- Deuteronomio 5:17 O No asesinarás.
- Deuteronomio 5:23 Lit. todas las cabezas.
- Deuteronomio 5:26 Lit. carne.
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