Exodus 20

¹ And GodGod spakespake all these wordswords, saying,

² I am the LORDthe LORD thy GodGod, which have brought thee out of the landland of EgyptEgypt, out of the househouse of bondage.

³ Thou shalt have no other godsgods beforebefore me.

⁴ Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imagegraven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heavenheaven above, or that is in the earthearth beneathbeneath, or that is in the waterwater underunder the earthearth:

⁵ Thou shalt not bow downbow down thyself to them, nor serveserve them: for I the LORDthe LORD thy GodGod am a jealous GodGod, visitingvisiting the iniquityiniquity of the fathersfathers upon the childrenchildren unto the thirdthird and fourth generation of them that hatehate me;

⁶ And shewing mercymercy unto thousandsthousands of them that lovelove me, and keepkeep my commandmentscommandments.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the LORDname of the LORD thy GodGod in vainin vain; for the LORDthe LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his namename in vainin vain.

⁸ RememberRemember the sabbathsabbath dayday, to keep it holy.

⁹ Six daysSix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy workwork:

¹⁰ But the seventh dayday is the sabbathsabbath of the LORDthe LORD thy GodGod: in it thou shalt not do any workwork, thou, nor thy sonson, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservantmaidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gatesgates:

¹¹ For in six dayssix days the LORDthe LORD made heaven and earthheaven and earth, the seasea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh dayday: wherefore the LORDthe LORD blessedblessed the sabbathsabbath dayday, and hallowed it.

¹² HonourHonour thy fatherfather and thy mothermother: that thy daysdays may be longlong upon the land which the LORDthe LORD thy GodGod givethgiveth thee.

¹³ Thou shalt not kill.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit adultery.

¹⁵ Thou shalt not stealsteal.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not bear false witnessbear false witness against thy neighbourneighbour.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour'sneighbour's househouse, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour'sneighbour's wifewife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservantmaidservant, nor his ox, nor his assass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour'sneighbour's.

¹⁸ And all the people sawsaw the thunderingsthunderings, and the lightnings, and the noisenoise of the trumpet, and the mountainmountain smoking: and when the people sawsaw it, they removedremoved, and stoodstood afar off.

¹⁹ And they saidsaid unto MosesMoses, SpeakSpeak thou with usus, and we will hearhear: but let not GodGod SpeakSpeak with usus, lest we diedie.

²⁰ And MosesMoses saidsaid unto the people, Fear notFear not: for GodGod is comecome to prove you, and that his fearfear may be beforebefore your facesfaces, that ye sin not.

²¹ And the people stoodstood afar off, and MosesMoses drew nearnear unto the thick darkness where GodGod was.

²² And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid unto MosesMoses, Thus thou shalt saysay unto the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, Ye have seenseen that I have talked with you from heavenheaven.

²³ Ye shall not make with me godsgods of silversilver, neither shall ye make unto you godsgods of goldgold.

²⁴ An altaraltar of earth thou shalt makemake unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offeringsofferings, and thy peacepeace offeringsofferings, thy sheepsheep, and thine oxen: in all placesplaces where I record my namename I will comecome unto thee, and I will blessbless thee.

²⁵ And if thou wilt make me an altar of stonealtar of stone, thou shalt not buildbuild it of hewn stonehewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

²⁶ Neither shalt thou go upgo up by stepssteps unto mine altaraltar, that thy nakednessnakedness be not discovered thereon.