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Exodus 20

Exodus 20

Exodus 20:1 ^
And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:1 ^
And God said all these words:
Exodus 20:2 ^
I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:2 ^
I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
Exodus 20:3 ^
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:3 ^
You are to have no other gods but me.
Exodus 20:4 ^
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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.
Exodus 20:4 ^
You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
Exodus 20:5 ^
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Exodus 20:5 ^
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Exodus 20:6 ^
and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:6 ^
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
Exodus 20:7 ^
Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:7 ^
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
Exodus 20:8 ^
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:8 ^
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
Exodus 20:9 ^
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
Exodus 20:9 ^
On six days do all your work:
Exodus 20:10 ^
but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus 20:10 ^
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
Exodus 20:11 ^
for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:11 ^
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
Exodus 20:12 ^
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 20:12 ^
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:13 ^
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:13 ^
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Exodus 20:14 ^
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:14 ^
Do not be false to the married relation.
Exodus 20:15 ^
Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:15 ^
Do not take the property of another.
Exodus 20:16 ^
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Exodus 20:16 ^
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
Exodus 20:17 ^
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Exodus 20:17 ^
Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
Exodus 20:18 ^
And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Exodus 20:18 ^
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
Exodus 20:19 ^
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 20:19 ^
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
Exodus 20:20 ^
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
Exodus 20:20 ^
And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
Exodus 20:21 ^
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Exodus 20:21 ^
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
Exodus 20:22 ^
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Exodus 20:22 ^
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven
Exodus 20:23 ^
Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
Exodus 20:23 ^
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
Exodus 20:24 ^
An 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 every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
Exodus 20:24 ^
Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.
Exodus 20:25 ^
And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 20:25 ^
And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.
Exodus 20:26 ^
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
Exodus 20:26 ^
And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
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