Exodus 20

¹ And GodGod spokespoke all these wordswords, saying,

² I^▵ am JehovahJehovah thy GodGod, who brought· thee ·out of the landland of EgyptEgypt, out·​·of the househouse of servitude^*.

³ Thou shalt have^◦ no^◦ other godsgods beforebefore My facesfaces.

⁴ Thou shalt not make to thee a graven imageimage, nor^◦ any figure of what is in the heavensheavens above, or what is in the earthearth beneathbeneath, or what is in the waters beneathbeneath the earthearth.

⁵ Thou shalt not bowbow· thyself ·down to them, nor serveserve them; for I^▵, JehovahJehovah, thy GodGod am a jealous GodGod^◦, visitingvisiting the iniquityiniquity of the fathersfathers on the sons, on the thirdthird and on the fourth generation^* of^◦ those who hatehate Me;

⁶ and doing mercymercy to thousandsthousands, to those who lovelove Me and keepkeep My commandmentscommandments.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the namename of JehovahJehovah thy GodGod in vainin vain; for JehovahJehovah will not hold· him ·innocent who takes His namename in vainin vain.

⁸ RememberRemember the SabbathSabbath dayday, to keep· it ·holy.

⁹ Six daysSix days shalt thou serve, and do all thy workwork^▵*;

¹⁰ but the seventh dayday is the SabbathSabbath of^◦ JehovahJehovah thy GodGod; thou shalt not do any workwork^▵, thou^◦, nor^◦ thy sonson nor^◦ thy daughter, thy manservant nor^◦ thy maidservantmaidservant, nor^◦ thy beastbeast, nor^◦ thy sojournersojourner who is in thy gatesgates;

¹¹ for in six dayssix days JehovahJehovah made the heavensheavens and the earthearth, the seasea, and all that is in them, and rested on^◦ the seventh dayday; therefore JehovahJehovah blessedblessed the SabbathSabbath dayday, and made· it ·holy.

¹² HonorHonor^◦ thy fatherfather and thy mothermother, that thy daysdays may be prolongedprolonged upon the groundground that JehovahJehovah thy GodGod is givinggiving to thee.

¹³ Thou shalt not murder.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit·​·adultery.

¹⁵ Thou shalt not stealsteal.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not answeranswer against^◦ thy neighborneighbor^▵ as a false witnesswitness^*.

^{17 14} Thou shalt not covet thy neighborneighbor’s^▵ househouse, thou shalt not covet thy neighborneighbor’s^▵ wifewife, nor^◦ his manservant, nor^◦ his maidservantmaidservant, nor^◦ his ox, nor^◦ his donkeydonkey, nor^◦ anything^◦ that is thy neighborneighbor’s^▵.

^{18 15} And all the people sawsaw the voices, and the torches, and the voicevoice of the shophar^*, and the mountainmountain smoking; and the people sawsaw, and they quaked, and stoodstood far·​·off.

^{19 16} And they saidsaid to^▵ MosesMoses, SpeakSpeak thou^◦ with usus, and we will hearhear; and let not GodGod SpeakSpeak with usus, lest perchance we diedie.

^{20 17} And MosesMoses saidsaid to^▵ the people, Fear notFear not; for GodGod has comecome for the sake of tempting you, and so·​·that^◦ the fearfear of Him may be beforebefore your facesfaces, that you sin not^▵.

^{21 18} And the people stoodstood far·​·off, and MosesMoses approached the dense·​·darkness where GodGod was.

^{22 19} And JehovahJehovah saidsaid to^▵ MosesMoses, Thus shalt thou saysay to^▵ the sons of Israelsons of Israel, You^◦ have seenseen that I have spoken with you from the heavensheavens.

^{23 20} You shall not make with Me godsgods of silversilver and godsgods of goldgold; you shall not make them to you.

^{24 21} An altaraltar of ground thou shalt makemake to Me, and shalt sacrifice on it thy burnt·​·offeringsofferings, and thy peacepeace·​·offeringsofferings, thy flocksflocks, and thy herdsherds; in every placeplace where I shall cause My namename to be rememberedremembered, I will comecome to thee, and I will blessbless thee.

^{25 22} And if thou make for Me an altaraltar of stonesstones, thou shalt not buildbuild it of hewn^◦ stonesstones; for if thou move thy chisel on it, then thou wilt profane it.

^{26 23} And thou shalt not go·​·up on stairs on My altaraltar, that thy nakednessnakedness be not revealed upon it.