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And Moses calleth unto all Israel , and saith unto them, `Hear , Israel , the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day , and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them.
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Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb;
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not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us ; we -- these -- here to-day -- all of us alive.
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Face to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount , out of the midst of the fire ;
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I am standing between Jehovah and you, at that time , to declare to you the word of Jehovah , for ye have been afraid from the presence of the fire , and ye have not gone up into the mount ; saying:
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`I Jehovah [am] thy God , who hath brought thee out from the land of Egypt , from a house of servants .
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`Thou hast no other gods in My presence.
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`Thou dost not make to thee a graven image , any similitude which [is] in the heavens above, and which [is] in the earth beneath , and which [is] in the waters under the earth ;
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thou dost not bow thyself to them nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God [am] a zealous God , charging iniquity of fathers on children , and on a third [generation], and on a fourth, to those hating Me;
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and doing kindness to thousands , to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.
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`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.
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`Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;
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six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work ,
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and the seventh day [is] a sabbath to Jehovah thy God ; thou dost not do any work , thou, and thy son , and thy daughter, and thy man-servant , and thy handmaid , and thine ox, and thine ass , and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who [is] within thy gates ; so that thy man-servant , and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;
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and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt , and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand , and by a stretched-out arm ; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath .
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`Honour thy father and thy mother , as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged , and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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`Thou dost not murder.
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`Thou dost not commit adultery.
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`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.
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`Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife ; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house , his field , and his man-servant , and his handmaid , his ox, and his ass , and anything which [is] thy neighbour's .
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`These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly , in the mount out of the midst of the fire , of the cloud , and of the thick darkness -- a great voice ; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone , and giveth them unto me.
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`And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness , and of the mountain burning with fire , that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes , and your elders ,
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and say , Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire ; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived.
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`And, now, why do we die ? for consume us doth this great fire -- if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more -- then we have died .
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For who of all flesh [is] he who hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire like us -- and doth live?
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Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith , and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it.
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`And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words , in your speaking unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee; they have done well [in] all that they have spoken .
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O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days , that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!
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`Go , say to them, Turn back for yourselves, to your tents ;
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and thou here stand thou with Me, and let Me speak unto thee all the command , and the statutes , and the judgments which thou dost teach them, and they have done in the land which I am giving to them to possess it.
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`And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside -- right or left;
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in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk , so that ye live, and [it is] well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.