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Then God spoke all these words, saying,

And God spake all these words, saying,

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

"You shall have no other gods before Me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

"You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

"For six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your resident who stays with you.

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; for that reason the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

"You shall not murder.

Thou shalt not kill.

"You shall not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

"You shall not steal.

Thou shalt not steal.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

And all the people were watching and hearing the thunder and the lightning flashes, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it all, they trembled and stood at a distance.

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak to us, or we will die!"

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

However, Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you will not sin."

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

'You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

'You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

'And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your chisel on it, you will profane it.

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.