20:3 “You shall have no 1 other gods before me. 2
20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image 3 or any likeness 4 of anything 5 that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. 6 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, 7 for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous 8 God, responding to 9 the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations 10 of those who reject me, 11 20:6 and showing covenant faithfulness 12 to a thousand generations 13 of those who love me and keep my commandments.
20:7 “You shall not take 14 the name of the Lord your God in vain, 15 for the Lord will not hold guiltless 16 anyone who takes his name in vain.
20:8 “Remember 17 the Sabbath 18 day to set it apart as holy. 19 20:9 For six days 20 you may labor 21 and do all your work, 22 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it 23 you shall not do any work, you, 24 or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. 25 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
20:12 “Honor 26 your father and your mother, that you may live a long time 27 in the land 28 the Lord your God is giving to you.
20:13 “You shall not murder. 29
20:14 “You shall not commit adultery. 30
20:15 “You shall not steal. 31
20:16 “You shall not give 32 false testimony 33 against your neighbor.
20:17 “You shall not covet 34 your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.” 35
20:18 All the people were seeing 36 the thundering and the lightning, and heard 37 the sound of the horn, and saw 38 the mountain smoking – and when 39 the people saw it they trembled with fear 40 and kept their distance. 41 20:19 They said to Moses, “You speak 42 to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.” 20:20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, 43 that the fear of him 44 may be before you so that you do not 45 sin.” 20:21 The people kept 46 their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness 47 where God was. 48