Exodus 20

¹And the Lord spoke all these words:

²“I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.

³You shall not have strange gods before me.

⁴You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth.

⁵You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

⁶and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.

⁷You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.

⁸Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath.

⁹For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks.

¹⁰But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates.

¹¹For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹³You shall not murder.

¹⁴You shall not commit adultery.

¹⁵You shall not steal.

¹⁶You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

¹⁷You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”

¹⁸Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,

¹⁹saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”

²⁰And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.”

²¹And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.

²²Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: “This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

²³You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

²⁴You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you.

²⁵And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled.

²⁶You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”

Exodus 20

¹And the Lord spoke all these words:

²I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

³Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

⁴Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

⁵Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

⁶And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

⁷Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

⁸Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.

⁹Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

¹⁰But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.

¹¹For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

¹²Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

¹³Thou shalt not kill.

¹⁴Thou shalt not commit adultery.

¹⁵Thou shalt not steal.

¹⁶Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

¹⁷Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

¹⁸And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,

¹⁹Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die.

²⁰And Moses said to the people: Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

²¹And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

²²And the Lord said to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

²³You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

²⁴You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee.

²⁵And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled.

²⁶Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered.