[[Exodus 19|<< Exodus 19]] | [[Exodus|Exodus]] | [[Exodus 21|Exodus 21 >>]] ### Exodus 20 1 AND God spoke all these words, saying, ^1 2 I _am_ the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ^2 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ^3 4 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: ^4 5 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; ^5 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. ^6 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. ^7 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ^8 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: ^9 10 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: ^10 11 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. ^11 12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee. ^12 13 Thou shalt not kill. ^13 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. ^14 15 Thou shalt not steal. ^15 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. ^16 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that _is_ thy neighbor's. ^17 18 ¶ 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. ^18 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. ^19 20 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. ^20 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God _was_. ^21 22 ¶ 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. ^22 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. ^23 24 ¶ 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. ^24 25 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. ^25 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. ^26