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Exodus 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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The Ten Commandments

(Deu 5:1–22 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:1 - And God spake all these words, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:2 - I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:3 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 - Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:8 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:15 - Thou shalt not steal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:22 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:23 - Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - 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 every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And 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 polluted it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
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