Exodus 20

1Now the Lord spoke all these words, saying:

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2'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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3You shall have no other gods before Me.

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4'You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness of anything in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.

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5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me;

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6but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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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.

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8'Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

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9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: neither you, nor your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, your cattle, nor your stranger who sojourns with you.

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11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath Day and hallowed it.

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12'Honor your father and mother that it may be well with you, and your days may be long upon the good land the Lord your God is giving you.

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13'You shall not murder.

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14'You shall not commit adultery.

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15'You shall not steal.

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16'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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17'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his house, and neither shall you covet his field, nor his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, any of his cattle, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.'

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18Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw this, they trembled and stood afar off.

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19Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

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20And Moses said to the people, 'Be of good courage, for God is come to test you, that His fear may be among you so you may not sin.'

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21So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

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22Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and report it to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I talked with you from heaven.

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23You shall not make for yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

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24An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your whole burnt offerings, your peace offerings, your sheep and your calves. In every place where I record My name I will come to you and bless you.

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25If you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you defile it.

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26Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.'

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