1And God spake all these words , saying , 2I am Jehovah 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 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 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 , 6and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments . 7Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain ; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain . 8Remember the sabbath day , to keep it holy . 9Six days shalt thou labor , and do all thy work ; 10but 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 : 11for 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 . 12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee . 13Thou shalt not kill . 14Thou shalt not commit adultery . 15Thou shalt not steal . 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor . 17Thou 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. 18And 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 . 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 , and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was .
Instructions for Worship and Conduct
22And 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 . 23Ye shall not make other gods 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 record my name I will come unto thee and I will 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 polluted it . 26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar , that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon .