Exodus 20

1And God spoke all these words, saying:

2I am YHWH thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of 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;

5thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I YHWH 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;

6and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.

7Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain; for YHWH will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;

10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto YHWH thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

11for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore YHWH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which YHWH thy God giveth thee.

13Thou shalt not murder.

14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15Thou shalt not steal.

16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

19And they said unto Moses: ‘Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

20And Moses said unto the people: ‘Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.’

21And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22And YHWH said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23Ye shall not make with Me—gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

24An 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 every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.

25And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.