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Verse 1

And God{H430} spake{H1696} all these words,{H1697} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

Thou shalt not make{H6213} unto thee a graven image,{H6459} nor any likeness{H8544} [of any thing] that{H834} 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 5

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} upon the third{H8029} and upon the fourth{H7256} generation of them that hate{H8130} me,

Verse 6

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

Verse 7

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 8

Remember{H2142} the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} to keep it holy.{H6942}

Verse 9

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

Verse 10

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} thy man-servant,{H5650} nor thy maid-servant,{H519} nor thy cattle,{H929} nor thy stranger{H1616} that is within thy gates:{H8179}

Verse 11

for in six{H8337} days{H3117} Jehovah{H3068} made{H6213} heaven{H8064} and earth,{H776} the sea,{H3220} and all that in them is, and rested{H5117} the seventh{H7637} day:{H3117} wherefore Jehovah{H3068} blessed{H1288} the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} and hallowed{H6942} it.

Verse 12

Honor{H3513} thy father{H1} and thy mother,{H517} that thy days{H3117} may be long{H748} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee.

Verse 13

Thou shalt not kill.{H7523}

Verse 14

Thou shalt not commit adultery.{H5003}

Verse 15

Thou shalt not steal.{H1589}

Verse 16

Thou shalt not bear{H6030} false{H8267} witness{H5707} against thy neighbor.{H7453}

Verse 17

Thou shalt not covet{H2530} thy neighbor's{H7453} house,{H1004} thou shalt not covet{H2530} thy neighbor's{H7453} wife,{H802} nor his man-servant,{H5650} nor his maid-servant,{H519} nor his ox,{H7794} nor his ass,{H2543} nor anything that is thy neighbor's.{H7453}

Verse 18

And all the people{H5971} perceived{H7200} the thunderings,{H6963} and the lightnings,{H3940} and the voice{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} and the mountain{H2022} smoking:{H6226} and when the people{H5971} saw{H7200} it, they trembled,{H5128} and stood{H5975} afar off.{H7350}

Verse 19

And they said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Speak{H1696} thou with us, and we will hear;{H8085} but let not God{H430} speak{H1696} with us, lest we die.{H4191}

Verse 20

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Fear{H3372} not: for God{H430} is come{H935} to{H5668} prove{H5254} you, and that his fear{H3374} may be before you,{H6440} that ye sin{H2398} not.

Verse 21

And the people{H5971} stood{H5975} afar off,{H7350} and Moses{H4872} drew near{H5066} unto the thick darkness{H6205} where God{H430} was.

Verse 22

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Thus thou shalt say{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} Ye yourselves have seen{H7200} that I have talked{H1696} with you from heaven.{H8064}

Verse 23

Ye shall not make{H6213} [other gods]{H430} with me; gods of silver,{H3701} or gods{H430} of gold,{H2091} ye shall not make{H6213} unto you.

Verse 24

An altar{H4196} of earth{H127} thou shalt make{H6213} unto me, and shalt sacrifice{H2076} thereon thy burnt-offerings,{H5930} and thy peace-offerings,{H8002} thy sheep,{H6629} and thine oxen:{H1241} in every place{H4725} where I record{H2142} my name{H8034} I will come{H935} unto thee and I will bless{H1288} thee.

Verse 25

And if thou make{H6213} me an altar{H4196} of stone,{H68} thou shalt not build{H1129} it of hewn stones;{H1496} for if thou lift up{H5130} thy tool{H2719} upon it, thou hast polluted{H2490} it.

Verse 26

Neither shalt thou go up{H5927} by steps{H4609} unto mine altar,{H4196} that thy nakedness{H6172} be not uncovered{H1540} thereon.

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