“1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye
may learn them, and keep, and do them. 2 The LORD our God made a
covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our
fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this
day. 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the
midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to
shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire,
and went not up into the mount;) saying,”
“6 I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods
before me. 8 Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any
likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the
earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou
shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy
God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me, 10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments. 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in
vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in
vain. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 14
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy
manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember
that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy
God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out
arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee,
in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither
shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy
neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his
ox, or his ass, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour’s. 22 These words
the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of
the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice:
and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.”
“23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of
the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near
unto me, [even] all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye
said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we
have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now
therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we
hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For
who [is there of] all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we [have], and lived? 27 Go
thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou
unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear [it], and do [it]. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words,
when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice
of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have
well said all that they have spoken. 29 O that there were such an heart
in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always,
that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 30 Go
say to them, Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand
thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and
the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they
may do [them] in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall
observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye
shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk
in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may
live, and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong
[your] days in the land which ye shall possess.” (Deuteronomy 5:1-33 AV)
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