[1] And God spoke all these words, saying, [2] "I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [3] "You
shall have no other gods before me. [4] "You shall not make for yourself a
graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; [5] you
shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the
third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, [6] but showing
steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
[7] "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. [8] "Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days you shall labor, and do all your
work; [10] but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you
shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant,
or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your
gates; [11] for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and
all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed
the sabbath day and hallowed it. [12] "Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
[13] "You shall not kill. [14] "You shall not commit adultery. [15] "You
shall not steal. [16] "You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor. [17] "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not
covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his
ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's." [18] Now when all the
people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the sound of the
trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled; and
they stood afar off, [19] and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will
hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die." [20] And Moses said to the
people, "Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of
him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin." [21] And the people
stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
[22] And the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the people of
Israel: `You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from
heaven. [23] You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you
make for yourselves gods of gold. [24] An altar of earth you shall make for
me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your
sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered
I will come to you and bless you. [25] And if you make me an altar of
stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool
upon it you profane it. [26] And you shall not go up by steps to my altar,
that your nakedness be not exposed on it.'
