Exodus 20

¹ Then God spoke al these words. He said,

² 'I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.

³ 'You shal have no other gods to rival me.

⁴ 'You shal not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven above or on earthbeneath or in the waters under the earth.

⁵ 'You shal not bow down to them or serve them. For I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God and Ipunish a parent's fault in the children, the grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren among those who hate me;

⁶ but I act with faithful love towards thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁷ 'You shal not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh wil not leave unpunished anyonewho misuses his name.

⁸ 'Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

⁹ For six days you shal labour and do al your work,

¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. You shal do no work that day, neither younor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals nor the alien living with you.

¹¹ For in six days Yahweh made the heavens, earth and sea and al that these contain, but on theseventh day he rested; that is why Yahweh has blessed the Sabbath day and made it sacred.

¹² 'Honour your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land that Yahweh your God isgiving you.

¹³ 'You shal not kil .

¹⁴ 'You shal not commit adultery.

¹⁵ 'You shal not steal.

¹⁶ 'You shal not give false evidence against your neighbour.

¹⁷ 'You shal not set your heart on your neighbour's house. You shal not set your heart on yourneighbour's spouse, or servant, man or woman, or ox, or donkey, or any of your neighbour's possessions.'

¹⁸ Seeing the thunder pealing, the lightning flashing, the trumpet blasting and the mountain smoking,the people were al terrified and kept their distance.

¹⁹ 'Speak to us yourself,' they said to Moses, 'and we wil obey; but do not let God speak to us, or weshall die.'

²⁰ Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid; God has come to test you, so that your fear of him, beingalways in your mind, may keep you from sinning.'

²¹ So the people kept their distance while Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.

²² Yahweh said to Moses, 'Tel the Israelites this, "You have seen for yourselves how I have spoken toyou from heaven.

²³ You must not make gods of silver to rival me, nor must you make yourselves gods of gold.

²⁴ "You must make me an altar of earth on which to sacrifice your burnt offerings and communionsacrifices, your sheep and cattle. Wherever I choose to have my name remembered, I shal come to you andbless you.

²⁵ If you make me an altar of stone, do not build it of dressed stones; for if you use a chisel on it, youwil profane it.

²⁶ You must not go up to my altar by steps, in case you expose your nakedness on them." '