NASB95 Exodus 20 Chapter
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Then God spoke all these words, saying,
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"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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"You shall have no other gods before Me.
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"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.
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"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
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"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.
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"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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"Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
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"For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
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"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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"You shall not murder.
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"You shall not commit adultery.
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"You shall not steal.
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"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
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Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."
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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 may not sin."
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So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
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'You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.
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'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.
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'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.
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'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'