[1] Then God spoke all these words, saying,
[2] “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
[3] “You shall have no other gods before Me.
[4] “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
[5] “You shall not worship them or 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 the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
[6] but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
[7] “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
[8] “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9] “Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
[10] but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
[11] “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
[12] “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged 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 bear false witness against your neighbor.
[17] “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
[18] All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
[19] Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die.”
[20] Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”
[21] So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
[22] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
[23] ‘You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.
[24] ‘You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
[25] ‘If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.
[26] ‘And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’