Exodus 20:12-17
English Standard Version
12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, (B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 (C)“You shall not murder.[a]
14 (D)“You shall not commit adultery.
15 (E)“You shall not steal.
16 (F)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 (G)“You shall not covet (H)your neighbor's house; (I)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 is your neighbor's.”
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- Exodus 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Exodus 20:12-17
The Message
12 Honor your father and mother so that you’ll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.
13 No murder.
14 No adultery.
15 No stealing.
16 No lies about your neighbor.
17 No lusting after your neighbor’s house—or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s.
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