1 Then God spoke all these words, saying,
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.
4 |You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
5 |You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, 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 thousands, to 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 leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
8 |Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 |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] 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 stays with you.
11 |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 |Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
13 |You shall not murder.
14 |You shall not commit adultery.
15 |You shall not steal.
16 |You 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 or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.|
18 All the people perceived the 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 Then they said to Moses, |Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die.|
20 Moses said to the people, |Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.|
21 So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God [was].
