Chapter 20
1 God spoke all these words , saying ,
2 " I am the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage .
3 " You shall have no other gods before me .
4 " You shall not make for yourselves an idol , nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above , or that is in the earth beneath , or that is in the water under the earth :
5 you shall not bow yourself down to them , nor serve them , for I , the LORD your God , am a jealous God , visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children , on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me ,
6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments .
7 " You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God , for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name .
8 " Remember the Sabbath day , to keep it holy .
9 You shall labour six days , and do all your work ,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God . You shall not do any work in it , you , nor your son , nor your daughter , your male servant , nor your female servant , nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates ;
11 for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth , the sea , and all that is in them , and rested the seventh day ; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day , and made it holy .
12 " Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you .
13 " You shall not murder .
14 " You shall not commit adultery .
15 " You shall not steal .
16 " You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour .
17 " You shall not covet your neighbour ’s house . You shall not covet your neighbour ’s wife, nor his male servant , nor his female servant , nor his ox , nor his donkey , nor anything that is your neighbour ’s."
18 All the people perceived the thunderings , the lightnings , the sound of the trumpet , and the mountain smoking . When the people saw it , they trembled , and stayed at a distance .
19 They said to Moses , " Speak with us yourself , and we will listen ; but don’t let God speak with us , lest we die ."
20 Moses said to the people , "Don’t be afraid , for God has come to test you , and that his fear may be before you , that you won’t sin ."
21 The people stayed at a distance , and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was .
22 The LORD said to Moses , " This is what you shall tell the children of Israel : ‘ You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven .
23 You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me .
24 You shall make an altar of earth for me , and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings , your sheep and your cattle . In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you .
25 If you make me an altar of stone , you shall not build it of cut stones ; for if you lift up your tool on it , you have polluted it .
26 You shall not go up by steps to my altar , that your nakedness may not be exposed to it .’