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The Ten Commandments |
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Exodus 20:2-17 Preamble: 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 1st
Commandment: 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 2nd
Commandment: 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the
third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 3rd
Commandment: 7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for
the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 4th
Commandment: 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 to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you,
or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or
your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made
heaven and 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. 5th
Commandment: 12 “Honor
your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the
LORD your God is giving you. 6th
Commandment: 13 “You shall
not murder. 7th
Commandment: 14 “You shall
not commit adultery. 8th
Commandment: 15 “You shall
not steal. 9th
Commandment: 16 “You shall
not bear false witness against your neighbor. 10th
Commandment: 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 is your neighbor’s.” |
Deuteronomy 5:6-21 Preamble: 6 “‘I am the
LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
slavery. 1st
Commandment: 7 “‘You
shall have no other gods before me. 2nd
Commandment: 8 “‘You
shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that
is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth. 9 You shall not bow down to them or serve
them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate
me, 10
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep
my commandments. 3rd
Commandment: 11 “‘You
shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not
hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 4th
Commandment: 12 “‘Observe
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. 13 Six
days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the
LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your
daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your
donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates,
that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 You
shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your
God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.
Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. 5th
Commandment: 16 “‘Honor
your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your
days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD
your God is giving you. 6th
Commandment: 17 “‘You
shall not murder. 7th
Commandment: 18 “‘And you
shall not commit adultery. 8th
Commandment: 19 “‘And you
shall not steal. 9th
Commandment: 20 “‘And you
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 10th
Commandment: 21 “‘And you
shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not desire your
neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his
ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.'
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