Exodus 20

1And God said all these words:

1`And God speaketh all these words, saying,

2I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

2I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3You are to have no other gods but me.

3`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

4You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

4`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens above, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the earth beneath, or which <FI>is<Fi> in the waters under the earth.

5You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

6And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

6and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

7You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

7`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

8`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

9On six days do all your work:

9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

10But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

10and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

11for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

12`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

13Do not put anyone to death without cause.

13`Thou dost not murder.

14Do not be false to the married relation.

14`Thou dost not commit adultery.

15Do not take the property of another.

15`Thou dost not steal.

16Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

17Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

17`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.'

18And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

18And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

19And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

19and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

20And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

20And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces--that ye sin not.'

21And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

21And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God <FI>is<Fi> .

22And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven

22And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye--ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

23Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

23ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

24Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

24`An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

25And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

25`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

26And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

26neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.