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Exodus 20:1-4
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Exodus 20:1-4
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The Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5.1-21)
20 God said to the people of Israel:
2 I am the Lord your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves.
3 Do not worship any god except me.
4 (A) Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.
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Exodus 20:1-4
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Exodus 20:1-4
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Exodus 20:7-9
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Exodus 20:7-9
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7 (A) Do not misuse my name.[a] I am the Lord your God, and I will punish anyone who misuses my name.
8 (B) Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me. 9 (C) You have six days when you can do your work,
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- 20.7 misuse my name: Probably includes breaking promises, telling lies after swearing to tell the truth, using the Lord's name as a curse word or a magic formula, and trying to control the Lord by using his name.
Exodus 20:7-9
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Exodus 20:7-9
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Exodus 20:12-20
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Exodus 20:12-20
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12 (A) Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.
13 (B) Do not murder.
14 (C) Be faithful in marriage.
15 (D) Do not steal.
16 (E) Do not tell lies about others.
17 (F) Do not desire to possess anything that belongs to another person—not a house, a wife, a husband, a slave, an ox, a donkey, or anything else.
The People Are Afraid
(Deuteronomy 5.23-33)
18 (G) The people trembled with fear when they heard the thunder and the trumpet and saw the lightning and the smoke coming from the mountain. They stood a long way off 19 and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”
20 “Don't be afraid!” Moses replied. “God has come only to test you, so that by obeying him you won't sin.”
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Exodus 20:12-20
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Exodus 20:12-20
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12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.(D)
14 “You shall not commit adultery.(E)
15 “You shall not steal.(F)
16 “You shall not give false testimony(G) against your neighbor.(H)
17 “You shall not covet(I) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet(J) and saw the mountain in smoke,(K) they trembled with fear.(L) They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak(M) to us or we will die.”(N)
20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid.(O) God has come to test(P) you, so that the fear(Q) of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”(R)
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