Exodus 20
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1And God spake all these words, saying,Select Exodus 20:1
2I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Select Exodus 20:2
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Select Exodus 20:3
4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:Select Exodus 20:4
5thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,Select Exodus 20:5
6and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.Select Exodus 20:6
7Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Select Exodus 20:7
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Select Exodus 20:8
9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;Select Exodus 20:9
10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:Select Exodus 20:10
11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.Select Exodus 20:11
12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Select Exodus 20:12
13Thou shalt not kill.Select Exodus 20:13
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.Select Exodus 20:14
15Thou shalt not steal.Select Exodus 20:15
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.Select Exodus 20:16
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.Select Exodus 20:17
18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.Select Exodus 20:18
19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.Select Exodus 20:19
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.Select Exodus 20:20
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.Select Exodus 20:21
22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.Select Exodus 20:22
23Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.Select Exodus 20:23
24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.Select Exodus 20:24
25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.Select Exodus 20:25
26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.Select Exodus 20:26
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