Exodus 20
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CHAPTER 20
1And the Lord spake all these words,
2I am thy Lord God, that led thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of servage.
3Thou shalt not have alien gods before me.
4Thou shalt not make to thee a graven image, neither any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, and that is in earth beneath, neither of those things that be in waters under the earth;
5thou shalt not bow down to them, neither worship them; for I am thy Lord God, a strongly jealous lover; I visit the wickedness of fathers in children into the third and fourth generation of them that hated me,
6and I do mercy into thousands, to them that love me, and keep my behests.
7Thou shalt not take in vain the name of thy Lord God, for the Lord shall not have him guiltless, that taketh in vain the name of his Lord God.
8Have thou mind, that thou hallow the sabbath day;
9in six days thou shalt work, and do all thy works;
10forsooth in the seventh day is the sabbath of thy Lord God; thou shalt not do any work on that day, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thine handmaid, thy work beast, and the comeling that is within thy gates;
11for in six days God made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that be in those [or them], and rested in the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou be long living on the land, which thy Lord God shall give to thee.
13Thou shalt not slay.
14Thou shalt not do lechery.
15Thou shalt not do theft.
16Thou shalt not speak false witness-ing [or false witness] against thy neigh-bour.
17Thou shalt not covet the house of thy neighbour, neither thou shalt desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, neither all things that be his.
18Forsooth all the people heard voices, that is, the thunder, and saw lamps, that is, shining lights, and the sound of a clarion, and the hill smoking; and they were afeared, and shaken with inward dread, and stood afar,
19and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and we shall hear; the Lord speak not to us, lest peradventure we die.
20And Moses said to the people, Do not ye dread, for God came to prove you, and that his dread should be in you, and that ye should not do sin.
21And the people stood afar; and Moses nighed to the darkness, wherein God was.
22And the Lord said furthermore to Moses, Thou shalt say these things to the sons of Israel, Ye saw that from heaven I have spoken to you;
23ye shall not make gods of silver, neither ye shall make to you gods of gold.
24Ye shall make an altar of earth to me, and ye shall offer thereon your burnt sacrifices, and peaceable sacrifices, your sheep, and oxen; in each place in which the mind of my name shall be, I shall come to thee, and I shall bless thee.
25That if thou shalt make an altar of stone to me, thou shalt not build it of stones hewn; for if thou shalt raise thy knife thereupon, or other instrument wherewith blood may be shed out, it shall be polluted.
26Thou shalt not go up by degrees to mine altar, lest thy filthhood be showed.
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Exodus 20
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1And God spoke all these words, saying,
2 #
Deut 5.6-21. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 #
Ex 20.23; Deut 5.7. “You shall have no other gods before#20.3 Or besides me.
4 #
Ex 20.23; 34.17; Lev 19.4; 26.1; Deut 4.15-19; 5.8; 27.15. “You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5#Ex 23.24; 34.6,7,14; Deut 4.24; 5.9,10; 7.9. you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 #
Lev 19.12; Deut 5.11. “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 #
Ex 23.12; 31.12-17; 34.21; 35.2,3; Lev 19.3; Deut 5.12-15. “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; 10but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; 11for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 #
Mt 19.18,19; Mk 10.19; Lk 18.20. #Lev 19.3; Deut 5.16; Mt 15.4; Mk 7.10; Eph 6.2. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
13 #
Gen 9.6; Ex 21.12; Lev 24.17; Deut 5.17; Mt 5.21; Jas 2.11. #Rom 13.9. “You shall not kill.
14 #
Lev 20.10; Deut 5.18; Mt 5.27; Rom 7.7. “You shall not commit adultery.
15 #
Lev 19.11; Deut 5.19. “You shall not steal.
16 #
Ex 23.1; Deut 5.20. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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Deut 5.21; Rom 7.7. “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
18Now when all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled; and they stood afar off, 19and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.” 20And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin.”
21And the people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. 22And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23#Ex 20.3,4; 34.17; Deut 27.15. You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24#Ex 27.1-8; Deut 12.5; 26.2. An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. 25#Deut 27.5,6. And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it. 26And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’
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