Exodus 20
1And
God spake all these words, saying,
2I
am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.
3Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou
shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that
is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth.
5Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am
a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7Thou
shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not
hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8Remember
the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11For
in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and
hallowed it.
12Honour
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee.
13Thou
shalt not kill.
14Thou
shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou
shalt not steal.
16Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor
any thing that is thy neighbour's.
18And
all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the
trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed,
and stood afar off.
19And
they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God
speak with us, lest we die.
20And
Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that
his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21And
the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where
God was.
22And
the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye
have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23Ye
shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of
gold.
24An
altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt
offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places
where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25And
if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone:
for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26Neither
shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not
discovered thereon.