1And God spake all these words , saying , 2I am the LORD thy God , which have 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 any graven image , or 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 to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD 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 shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments . 7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain ; for the LORD 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 the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work , thou, nor thy son , nor thy daughter , thy manservant , nor thy maidservant , nor thy cattle , nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth , the sea , and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day : wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day , and hallowed it. 12Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 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 neighbour . 17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house , thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife , nor his manservant , nor his maidservant , nor his ox , nor his ass , nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s . 18And all the people saw the thunderings , and the lightnings , and the noise of the trumpet , and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it , they removed , 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 your faces , that ye sin not. 21And the people stood afar off , and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was .
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22And the LORD said unto Moses , Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel , Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven . 23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver , neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold . 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 all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone , thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : 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 discovered thereon.