¹God spoke all these words , saying ,[#20:1 After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.]

²“I am the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage .

³“You shall have no other gods before me .

⁴“You shall not make for yourselves an idol , nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above , or that is in the earth beneath , or that is in the water under the earth :

⁵you shall not bow yourself down to them , nor serve them , for I , the LORD your God , am a jealous God , visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children , on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me ,

⁶and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments .

⁷“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God , for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name .[#20:7 or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.; #20:7 or, You shall not take the name of the your God in vain]

⁸“Remember the Sabbath day , to keep it holy .

⁹You shall labour six days , and do all your work ,

¹⁰but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God . You shall not do any work in it , you , nor your son , nor your daughter , your male servant , nor your female servant , nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates ;

¹¹for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth , the sea , and all that is in them , and rested the seventh day ; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day , and made it holy .

¹²“Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you .

¹³“You shall not murder .

¹⁴“You shall not commit adultery .

¹⁵“You shall not steal .

¹⁶“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour .

¹⁷“You shall not covet your neighbour ’s house . You shall not covet your neighbour ’s wife, nor his male servant , nor his female servant , nor his ox , nor his donkey , nor anything that is your neighbour ’s.”

¹⁸All the people perceived the thunderings , the lightnings , the sound of the trumpet , and the mountain smoking . When the people saw it , they trembled , and stayed at a distance .

¹⁹They said to Moses , “Speak with us yourself , and we will listen ; but don’t let God speak with us , lest we die .”

²⁰Moses said to the people , “Don’t be afraid , for God has come to test you , and that his fear may be before you , that you won’t sin .”

²¹The people stayed at a distance , and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was .

²²The LORD said to Moses , “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel : ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven .

²³You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me .

²⁴You shall make an altar of earth for me , and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings , your sheep and your cattle . In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you .

²⁵If you make me an altar of stone , you shall not build it of cut stones ; for if you lift up your tool on it , you have polluted it .

²⁶You shall not go up by steps to my altar , that your nakedness may not be exposed to it .’