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The Ten Commandments

¹ Then God spoke all these words, saying,

² "^(C1)I am the LORD your God, ^(C2)who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^(F1)slavery.

³ "^(C1)You shall have no other ^(C2)gods ^(F1)before Me.

⁴ "^(C1)You shall not make for yourself ^(F1)an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.⁵ "^(C1)You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a ^(C2)jealous God, ^(C3)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,⁶ but showing lovingkindness to ^(C1)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

⁷ "^(C1)You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not ^(F1)leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

⁸ "Remember ^(C1)the sabbath day, to keep it holy.⁹ "^(C1)Six days you shall labor and do all your work,¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it ^(C1)you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who ^(F1)stays with you.¹¹ "^(C1)For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

¹² "^(C1)Honor your father and your mother, that your ^(C2)days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

¹³ "^(C1)You shall not murder.

¹⁴ "^(C1)You shall not commit adultery.

¹⁵ "^(C1)You shall not steal.

¹⁶ "^(C1)You shall not bear false witness against your ^(C2)neighbor.

¹⁷ "^(C1)You shall not covet your neighbor's house; ^(C2)you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

^18 (C1)All the people perceived the ^(F1)thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.^19 (C1)Then they said to Moses, "Speak ^(F1)to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak ^(F1)to us, or we will die."²⁰ Moses said to the people, "^(C1)Do not be afraid; for God has come in order ^(C2)to test you, and in order that ^(C3)the fear of Him may ^(F1)remain with you, so that you may not sin."²¹ So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached ^(C1)the thick cloud where God was.

²² Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that ^(C1)I have spoken ^(F1)to you from heaven.²³ '^(C1)You shall not make other gods besides Me; ^(C2)gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.²⁴ 'You shall make ^(C1)an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your ^(C2)burnt offerings and your ^(C3)peace offerings, ^(C4)your sheep and your oxen; in every place ^(C5)where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.²⁵ 'If you make an altar of stone for Me, ^(C1)you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.²⁶ 'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that ^(C1)your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'