God spoke all these words:“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.You shall have no other gods before me.You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,but showing steadfast love to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.Six days you shall labor and do all your work,but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your livestock, or the resident foreigner within your gates.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.Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.You shall not murder.You shall not commit adultery.You shall not steal.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”All the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning, the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.They said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen. But do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you and so that the fear of him may be before you, so that you may not sin.”The people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.The LORD said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the Israelites: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.You shall not make gods of silver alongside me, nor shall you make gods of gold for yourselves.You shall make for me an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.If you make for me an altar of stones, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you lift your tool over it, you profane it.You shall not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be exposed upon it.’”
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Holy Bible, BibliaTodo New Translation (BTNT). Published by BibliaTodo Bible Society, an imprint of BibliaTodo LLC.