| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1And God spoke all these words, saying: | 1And God spoke all these words: |
| 2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. | 2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. |
| 3“You shall have no other gods before Me. | 3You shall have no other gods before Me. |
| 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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; | 4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. |
| 5you shall not bow down to them nor 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 fourth generations of those who hate Me, | 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, |
| 6but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. | 6but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. |
| 7“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. | 7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. |
| 8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. | 8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. |
| 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, | 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, |
| 10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. | 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. |
| 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. | 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. |
| 12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. | 12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 13“You shall not murder. | 13You shall not murder. |
| 14“You shall not commit adultery. | 14You shall not commit adultery. |
| 15“You shall not steal. | 15You shall not steal. |
| 16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. | 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
| 17“You shall not covet 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 is your neighbor’s.” | 17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” |
| 18Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. | 18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance. |
| 19Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” | 19“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.” |
| 20And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.” | 20“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.” |
| 21So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. | 21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. |
| 22Then the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. | 22Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven. |
| 23You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. | 23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold. |
| 24An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. | 24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. |
| 25And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. | 25Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it. |
| 26Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’ | 26And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’ |
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