The Ten Commandments
1 Then God spoke all these words,
saying,
2 I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of slavery.
2 You shall not have for yourself
another god before me.
3 You shall not make for yourself
a graven image,
or any likeness which is in
the heavens above,
or which is in
the earth below
or which is in
the waters below the earth.
5 You shall not worship them,
and you shall not serve them,
for I am Yahweh your God,
a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of hte fathers
upon the children
to the third and the fourth
of those who hate me,
6 but showing mercy to thousands
of those who love me,
and keep my commands.
7 You shall not take the name
of Yahweh your God in vain,
for Yahweh will not hold guiltless
whoever takes his name in vain.
8 Remember
the day of Shabbat,
to keep it holy.
9 Six days you shall work
and do all your labor.
10 But the seventh is Shabbat
to Yahweh your God.
You shall not do any of your labor,
you, or your son, or your daughter,
or your servant, or your maidservant,
or your ox,
or the stranger who is within your gates.
11 For in six days Yahweh made
the heavens and the earth,
and the sea,
and all that is in them,
and he rested on the seventh day.
Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day
and made it holy.
12 Honor your father and
mother,
so that may be prolonged your days
upon the ground,
which Yahweh your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear false witness
against your neighbor.
17 You shall not covet
the house of your neighbor.
You shall not covet
the wife of your neighbor,
or his servant, or his maidservant,
or his ox, or his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
18 Then all the people saw
the thunderings and the lightenings,
the sound of the shophar,
and the mountain smoking.
And when the people saw
the removed and stood afar off.
19 And they said to Moses,
"Speak now to us, and we will listen.
But do not let God speak to us,
lest we die."
20 Then Moses said to the people,
"Do not be afraid.
For God has come to test you,
in order that his fear should (Dt 6:2)
be before you,
so that you shall not sin."
21 And the people stood afar off.
But Moses drew near to the thickness,
in which there was God.
22 The Yahweh said to Moses,
Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel,
"You have seen that from the heavens
I have talked with you."
23 You shall not make with me
gods of silver,
and gods of gold you shall not make
for yourselves.
24 An altar of earth
you shall make for me,
and sacrifice upon it burnt offerings,
and peace offerings,
your sheep and your cattle."
"In all the places where my name
is remembered,
I will come and bless you.
25 And if you shall make for me
and altar of stone,
you shall not build it from hewn stone,
for the tool that you raise upon it
shall pollute it.
26 And you shall not go up stairs
upon my altar,
that you nakedness shall not be exposed
upon it."