The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20, verse 1. Now the Lord spoke all these words, saying: Exodus 20, verse 2. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exodus 20, verse 3. You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20, verse 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. Exodus 20, verse 5. You 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; Exodus 20, verse 6. but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20, verse 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. Exodus 20, verse 8. “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20, verse 9. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Exodus 20, verse 10. but 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. Exodus 20, verse 11. For 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. Exodus 20, verse 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. Exodus 20, verse 13. “You shall not murder. Exodus 20, verse 14. “You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20, verse 15. “You shall not steal. Exodus 20, verse 16. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Exodus 20, verse 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.”
The People Tremble
Exodus 20, verse 18. Now 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. Exodus 20, verse 19. Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” Exodus 20, verse 20. And 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.” Exodus 20, verse 21. So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
Making an Altar
Exodus 20, verse 22. Then 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. Exodus 20, verse 23. You shall not make for yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. Exodus 20, verse 24. An 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. Exodus 20, verse 25. 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 defile it. Exodus 20, verse 26. Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’