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Verse 1

And Moses{H4872} called{H7121} unto all Israel,{H3478} and said{H559} unto them, Hear,{H8085} O Israel,{H3478} the statutes{H2706} and the ordinances{H4941} which I speak{H1696} in your ears{H241} this day,{H3117} that ye may learn{H3925} them, and observe{H8104} to do{H6213} them.

Verse 2

Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with us in Horeb.{H2722}

Verse 3

Jehovah{H3068} made{H3772} not this covenant{H1285} with our fathers,{H1} but with us,{H587} even us, who are all of us{H587} here alive{H2416} this day.{H3117}

Verse 4

Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} with you face{H6440} to face{H6440} in the mount{H2022} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire,{H784}

Verse 5

(I stood{H5975} between Jehovah{H3068} and you at that time,{H6256} to show{H5046} you the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} for ye were afraid{H3372} because{H6440} of the fire,{H784} and went not up{H5927} into the mount;){H2022} saying,{H559}

Verse 6

I am Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} who brought thee out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the house{H1004} of bondage.{H5650}

Verse 7

Thou shalt have no other{H312} gods{H430} before{H6440} me.

Verse 8

Thou shalt not make{H6213} unto thee a graven image,{H6459} [nor] any likeness{H8544} [of anything] that is in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} or that is in the earth{H776} beneath, or that is in the water{H4325} under the earth:{H776}

Verse 9

thou shalt not bow down{H7812} thyself unto them, nor serve{H5647} them; for I, Jehovah,{H3068} thy God,{H430} am a jealous{H7067} God,{H430} visiting{H6485} the iniquity{H5771} of the fathers{H1} upon the children,{H1121} and upon the third{H8029} and upon the fourth{H7256} generation of them that hate{H8130} me;

Verse 10

and showing{H6213} lovingkindness{H2617} unto thousands{H505} of them that love{H157} me and keep{H8104} my commandments.{H4687}

Verse 11

Thou shalt not take{H5375} the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in vain:{H7723} for Jehovah{H3068} will not hold him guiltless{H5352} that taketh{H5375} his name{H8034} in vain.{H7723}

Verse 12

Observe{H8104} the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} to keep{H8104} it holy, as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} thee.

Verse 13

Six{H8337} days{H3117} shalt thou labor,{H5647} and do{H6213} all thy work;{H4399}

Verse 14

but the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} [in it] thou shalt not do{H6213} any work,{H4399} thou, nor thy son,{H1121} nor thy daughter,{H1323} nor thy man-servant,{H5650} nor thy maid-servant,{H519} nor thine ox,{H7794} nor thine ass,{H2543} nor any of thy cattle,{H929} nor thy stranger{H1616} that is within thy gates;{H8179} that thy man-servant{H5650} and thy maid-servant{H519} may rest{H5117} as well as thou.

Verse 15

And thou shalt remember{H2142} that thou wast a servant{H5650} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} brought{H3318} thee out thence by a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027} and by an outstretched{H5186} arm:{H2220} therefore Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} thee to keep{H6213} the sabbath{H7676} day.{H3117}

Verse 16

Honor{H3513} thy father{H1} and thy mother,{H517} as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} thee; that thy days{H3117} may be long,{H748} and that it may go well{H3190} with thee, in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.

Verse 17

Thou shalt not kill.{H7523}

Verse 18

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.{H5003}

Verse 19

Neither shalt thou steal.{H1589}

Verse 20

Neither shalt thou bear{H6030} false{H7723} witness{H5707} against thy neighbor.{H7453}

Verse 21

Neither shalt thou covet{H2530} thy neighbor's{H7453} wife;{H802} neither shalt thou desire{H183} thy neighbor's{H7453} house,{H1004} his field,{H7704} or his man-servant,{H5650} or his maid-servant,{H519} his ox,{H7794} or his ass,{H2543} or anything that is thy neighbor's.{H7453}

Verse 22

These words{H1697} Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto all your assembly{H6951} in the mount{H2022} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire,{H784} of the cloud,{H6051} and of the thick darkness,{H6205} with a great{H1419} voice:{H6963} and he added no more.{H3254} And he wrote{H3789} them upon two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone,{H68} and gave{H5414} them unto me.

Verse 23

And it came to pass, when ye heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} out of the midst{H8432} of the darkness,{H2822} while the mountain{H2022} was burning{H1197} with fire,{H784} that ye came near{H7126} unto me, even all the heads{H7218} of your tribes,{H7626} and your elders;{H2205}

Verse 24

and ye said,{H559} Behold, Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} hath showed{H7200} us his glory{H3519} and his greatness,{H1433} and we have heard{H8085} his voice{H6963} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire:{H784} we have seen{H7200} this day{H3117} that God{H430} doth speak{H1696} with man,{H120} and he liveth.{H2425}

Verse 25

Now therefore why should we die?{H4191} for this great{H1419} fire{H784} will consume{H398} us: if we hear{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} any more,{H3254} then we shall die.{H4191}

Verse 26

For who is there of all flesh,{H1320} that hath heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of the living{H2416} God{H430} speaking{H1696} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire,{H784} as we have, and lived?{H2421}

Verse 27

Go thou near,{H7126} and hear{H8085} all that Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} shall say:{H559} and speak{H559} thou unto us all that Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} shall speak{H1696} unto thee; and we will hear{H8085} it, and do{H6213} it.

Verse 28

And Jehovah{H3068} heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of your words,{H1697} when ye spake{H1696} unto me; and Jehovah{H3068} said{H1696} unto me, I have heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of the words{H1697} of this people,{H5971} which they have spoken{H1696} unto thee: they have well{H3190} said all that they have spoken.{H1696}

Verse 29

Oh that there were such{H2088} a{H4310} heart{H3824} in them,{H5414} that they would fear{H3372} me, and keep{H8104} all my commandments{H4687} always,{H3117} that it might be well{H3190} with them, and with their children{H1121} for ever!{H5769}

Verse 30

Go{H3212} say{H559} to them, Return{H7725} ye to your tents.{H168}

Verse 31

But as for thee, stand{H5975} thou here by me,{H5978} and I will speak{H1696} unto thee all the commandment,{H4687} and the statutes,{H2706} and the ordinances,{H4941} which thou shalt teach{H3925} them, that they may do{H6213} them in the land{H776} which I give{H5414} them to possess{H3423} it.

Verse 32

Ye shall observe{H8104} to do{H6213} therefore as Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath commanded{H6680} you: ye shall not turn aside{H5493} to the right hand{H3225} or to the left.{H8040}

Verse 33

Ye shall walk{H3212} in all the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath commanded{H6680} you, that ye may live,{H2421} and that it may be well{H2895} with you, and that ye may prolong{H748} your days{H3117} in the land{H776} which ye shall possess.{H3423}

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