Exodus 20

¹ `And GodGod speakethspeaketh all these wordswords, saying,

² I [am] JehovahJehovah thy GodGod, who hath brought thee out of the landland of EgyptEgypt, out of a househouse of servantsservants.

³ `Thou hast no other GodsGods beforebefore Me.

⁴ `Thou dost not make to thyself a graven imagegraven image, or any likeness which [is] in the heavensheavens above, or which [is] in the earthearth beneathbeneath, or which [is] in the waters underunder the earthearth.

⁵ Thou dost not bowbow thyself to them, nor serveserve them: for I, JehovahJehovah thy GodGod, [am] a zealous GodGod, charging iniquityiniquity of fathersfathers on sons, on the thirdthird [generation], and on the fourth, of those hatinghating Me,

⁶ and doing kindnesskindness to thousandsthousands, of those lovingloving Me and keepingkeeping My commands.

⁷ `Thou dost not take up the namename of JehovahJehovah thy GodGod for a vain thing, for JehovahJehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His namename for a vain thing.

⁸ `RememberRemember the Sabbath-daySabbath-day to sanctifysanctify it;

⁹ six dayssix days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy workwork,

¹⁰ and the seventh dayday [is] a SabbathSabbath to JehovahJehovah thy GodGod; thou dost not do any workwork, thou, and thy sonson, and thy daughter, thy man-servantservant, and thy handmaidhandmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojournersojourner who is within thy gatesgates, --

¹¹ for six dayssix days hath JehovahJehovah made the heavensheavens and the earthearth, the seasea, and all that [is] in them, and resteth in the seventh dayday; therefore hath JehovahJehovah blessedblessed the Sabbath-daySabbath-day, and doth sanctifysanctify it.

¹² `HonourHonour thy fatherfather and thy mothermother, so that thy daysdays are prolongedprolonged on the groundground which JehovahJehovah thy GodGod is givinggiving to thee.

¹³ `Thou dost not murder.

¹⁴ `Thou dost not commit adultery.

¹⁵ `Thou dost not stealsteal.

¹⁶ `Thou dost not answeranswer against thy neighbourneighbour a false testimony.

¹⁷ `Thou dost not desire the househouse of thy neighbourneighbour, thou dost not desire the wifewife of thy neighbourneighbour, or his man-servantservant, or his handmaidhandmaid, or his ox, or his assass, or anything which [is] thy neighbour'sneighbour's.'

¹⁸ And all the people are seeingseeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountmount smoking; and the people seesee, and movemove, and standstand afar off,

¹⁹ and saysay unto MosesMoses, `SpeakSpeak thou with usus, and we hearhear, and let not GodGod SpeakSpeak with usus, lest we diedie.'

²⁰ And MosesMoses saithsaith unto the people, `Fear notFear not, for to try you hath GodGod comecome, and in order that His fearfear may be beforebefore your facesfaces -- that ye sin not.'

²¹ And the people standstand afar off, and MosesMoses hath drawn nighnigh unto the thick darkness where GodGod [is].

²² And JehovahJehovah saithsaith unto MosesMoses, `Thus dost thou saysay unto the sons of Israelsons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seenseen that from the heavensheavens I have spoken with you;

²³ ye do not make with Me godsgods of silversilver, even godsgods of goldgold ye do not make to yourselves.

²⁴ `An altaraltar of earth thou dost makemake for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offeringsofferings and thy peacepeace-offeringsofferings, thy flockflock and thy herdherd; in every placeplace where I cause My namename to be rememberedremembered I comecome in unto thee, and have blessedblessed thee.

²⁵ `And if an altaraltar of stonesstones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not buildbuild them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

²⁶ neither dost thou go upgo up by stepssteps on Mine altaraltar, that thy nakednessnakedness be not revealed upon it.