Exodus 20
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Exodus 20:2-17

2I am Jehovah thy GodH430, who broughtH3318 thee out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, out of the houseH1004 of bondage.

3Thou shalt have no otherH312 godsH430 before me.

4Thou shalt not makeH6213 unto thee a graven imageH6459, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heavenH8064 above, or that is in the earthH776 beneath, or that is in the waterH4325 under the earthH776: 5thou shalt not bowH7812 down thyself unto them, nor serveH5647 them; for I Jehovah thy GodH430 am a jealousH7067 GodH430, visitingH6485 the iniquityH5771 of the fathersH1 upon the children, upon the thirdH8029 and upon the fourthH7256 generationH8029 of them that hateH8130 me, 6and showing lovingkindness unto thousandsH505 of them that loveH157 me and keepH8104 my commandmentsH4687.

7Thou shalt not takeH5375 the nameH8034 of Jehovah thy GodH430 in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his nameH8034 in vain.

8RememberH2142 the sabbathH7676 dayH3117, to keepH6942 it holyH6942. 9SixH8337 daysH3117 shalt thou laborH5647, and do all thy workH4399; 10but the seventhH7637 dayH3117 is a sabbathH7676 unto Jehovah thy GodH430: in it thou shalt not do any workH4399, thou, nor thy sonH1121, nor thy daughterH1323, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattleH929, nor thy stranger that is within thy gatesH8179: 11for in sixH8337 daysH3117 Jehovah madeH6213 heavenH8064 and earthH776, the seaH3220, and all that in them is, and restedH5117 the seventhH7637 dayH3117: wherefore Jehovah blessedH1288 the sabbathH7676 dayH3117, and hallowed it.

12HonorH3513 thy fatherH1 and thy motherH517, that thy daysH3117 may be long in the landH127 which Jehovah thy GodH430 giveth thee.

13Thou shalt not kill.

14Thou shalt not commitH5003 adulteryH5003.

15Thou shalt not stealH1589.

16Thou shalt not bear false witnessH5707 against thy neighborH7453.

17Thou shalt not covetH2530 thy neighbor’sH7453 houseH1004, thou shalt not covetH2530 thy neighbor’sH7453 wifeH802, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his oxH7794, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’sH7453.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain