Exodus 20:1-21.
Exodus 20:1-21 (Good News Translation)
1God spoke, and these were his words:
2"I am the
LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were
slaves.
3Worship no god but me.
4Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on
earth or in the water under the earth.
5Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the
LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on
those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth
generation.
6But I show my love to thousands of generations
of those who love me and obey my laws.
7Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the
LORD your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
8Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.
9You have six days in which to do your work,
10but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that
day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your
animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.
11In six days I, the
LORD, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them,
but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the
LORD, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
12Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a
long time in the land that I am giving you.
13Do not commit murder.
14Do not commit adultery.
15Do not steal.
16Do not accuse anyone falsely.
17"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife,
his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."
18When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and
saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and
stood a long way off.
19They said to Moses,
"If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if
God speaks to us, we will die."
20Moses replied,
"Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you
keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin."
21But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only
Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
God bless you.
1God spoke, and these were his words:
2"I am the
LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were
slaves.
3Worship no god but me.
4Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on
earth or in the water under the earth.
5Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the
LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on
those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth
generation.
6But I show my love to thousands of generations
of those who love me and obey my laws.
7Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the
LORD your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
8Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.
9You have six days in which to do your work,
10but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that
day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your
animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.
11In six days I, the
LORD, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them,
but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the
LORD, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
12Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a
long time in the land that I am giving you.
13Do not commit murder.
14Do not commit adultery.
15Do not steal.
16Do not accuse anyone falsely.
17"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife,
his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."
18When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and
saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and
stood a long way off.
19They said to Moses,
"If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if
God speaks to us, we will die."
20Moses replied,
"Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you
keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin."
21But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only
Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
God bless you.
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