Exodus 20

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1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Do not make for yourself an idol and no image of what is in the sky above, and what's on the earth below, and what's in the water below the earth;
5 Do not worship them and do not serve them, for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation, who hate Me,
6th And who works mercy to a thousand generations to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7th Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not punish him who utters his name in vain.
8 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy;
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
10 And the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; do not do any work for you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your manservant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger that is in your gates;
eleven For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Dont kill.
14 Do not commit adultery.
15 Do not steal.
16 Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17th Do not covet your neighbor's house; Do not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his slave, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nothing that your neighbor has.

18 The whole people saw thunder and flame, and a trumpet sound, and a mountain smoking; And when they saw it, the people retreated and stood in the distance.
19 And they said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen, but that God does not speak to us, so that we do not die."
20 And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; God came to test you and that his fear was before your face, that you not sin.
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into darkness, where God was.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen, as I have spoken unto you from heaven;
23 Do not do unto me the gods of silver, or the gods of gold, do not to yourself:
24 Make me an altar of earth, and you shall offer on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle; In every place where I will put the memory of my name, I will come to you and bless you;
25 But if thou wilt do me an altar of stones, then do not build it out of the hewns: for as soon as thou fill thy abdomen, thou shalt defile them;
26th And do not go up the steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be revealed to him.

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