Exodus 20:15-23

English Standard Version

^15 (A)“You shall not steal.

^16 (B)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

^17 (C)“You shall not covet ^(D)your neighbor's house; ^(E)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.”

¹⁸ Now when all the people saw ^(F)the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid^[a] and trembled, and they stood far off ¹⁹ and said to Moses, ^(G)“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” ^20 (H)Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to ^(I)test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” ²¹ The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the ^(J)thick darkness where God was.

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²² And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have ^(K)talked with you from heaven. ^23 (L)You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.