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The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus
Chapter 20
American Standard Version| Ex 20:1 | And God spake all these words, saying, |
| Ex 20:2 | I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
| Ex 20:3 | Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
| Ex 20:4 | Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. |
| Ex 20:5 | Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, |
| Ex 20:6 | and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. |
| Ex 20:7 | Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. |
| Ex 20:8 | Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
| Ex 20:9 | Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; |
| Ex 20:10 | but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: |
| Ex 20:11 | for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. |
| Ex 20:12 | Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. |
| Ex 20:13 | Thou shalt not kill. |
| Ex 20:14 | Thou shalt not commit adultery. |
| Ex 20:15 | Thou shalt not steal. |
| Ex 20:16 | Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. |
| Ex 20:17 | Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. |
| Ex 20:18 | And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off. |
| Ex 20:19 | And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. |
| Ex 20:20 | And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not. |
| Ex 20:21 | And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. |
| Ex 20:22 | And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. |
| Ex 20:23 | Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. |
| Ex 20:24 | An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. |
| Ex 20:25 | And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. |
| Ex 20:26 | Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon. |