[1] And God said all these words: [2] I am the Lord your God who took you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. [3] You are to have no
other gods but me. [4] You are not to make an image or picture of anything
in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: [5] You may not
go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord
your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send
punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the
third and fourth generation of my haters; [6] And I will have mercy through
a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws. [7]
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil
purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will
be judged a sinner by the Lord [8] Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be
a holy day. [9] On six days do all your work: [10] But the seventh day is a
Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or
your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your
cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you: [11] For
in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in
them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has
given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy. [12] Give honour to
your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land
which the Lord your God is giving you. [13] Do not put anyone to death
without cause. [14] Do not be false to the married relation. [15] Do not
take the property of another. [16] Do not give false witness against your
neighbour. [17] Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or
his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or
anything which is his. [18] And all the people were watching the
thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain
smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear. [19]
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the
voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us. [20] And
Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the
test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin. [21] And the people
kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God
was. [22] And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You
yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven [23] Gods of
silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves. [24] Make for
me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your
peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put
the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing. [25]
And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the
touch of an instrument will make it unclean. [26] And do not go up by steps
to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
