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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 nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a ^(C2)jealous God, ^(C3)inflicting the ^(F1)punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,⁶ but showing ^(F1)favor 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)For six days you shall labor and do all your work,¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the LORD your God; on it ^(C1)you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your ^(F1)resident who ^(F2)stays with you.¹¹ "^(C1)For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; for that reason the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

¹² "^(C1)Honor your father and your mother, so that your ^(C2)days may be prolonged on 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 ^(F1)give false testimony 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 slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

¹⁸ And ^(C1)all the people were watching and hearing the ^(F1)thunder and the lightning flashes, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it all, they trembled and stood at a distance.^19 (C1)Then they said to Moses, "Speak ^(F1)to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak ^(F1)to us, or we will die!"²⁰ However, 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 will not sin."²¹ So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached ^(C1)the thick darkness where God was.

²² Then the LORD said to Moses, "This is what 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 'And if you make an altar of stone for Me, ^(C1)you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your chisel 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.'