1
Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, O
Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your
hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow
them. 2 The LORD our God made a
covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was
not with our fathers that the LORD made this
covenant, but with us, with all of us who are
alive here today. 4 The LORD spoke to
you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
5 (At that time I stood between the
LORD and you to declare to you the word of the
LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did
not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 "I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery.
7 "You shall have no other
gods before me.
8 "You shall not make for
yourself an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the
waters below. 9 You shall not bow down
to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your
God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for
the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me, 10
but showing love to a thousand generations of
those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 "You shall not misuse the name
of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold
anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
12 "Observe the Sabbath day by
keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has
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, neither you, nor
your son or daughter, nor your manservant or
maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of
your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so
that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as
you do. 15 Remember that you were
slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God
brought you out of there with a mighty hand and
an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God
has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
16 "Honor your father and your
mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you,
so that you may live long and that it may go well
with you in the land the LORD your God is giving
you.
17 "You shall not murder.
18 "You shall not commit
adultery.
19 "You shall not steal.
20 "You shall not give false
testimony against your neighbor.
21 "You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on
your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or
maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that
belongs to your neighbor."
22 These are the commandments the LORD
proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly
there on the mountain from out of the fire, the
cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing
more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and
gave them to me.
Things have changed, indeed.