The Holy Bible - The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-17

1 And God proceeded to speak all these words, saying:

THE 1ST COMMANDMENT:

2 "I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.
3 You must not have any other gods against my face.

THE 2ND COMMANDMENT:

4 "You must not make for yourself a carved image or a form like anything that is in the heavens above or that is on the earth underneath or that is in the waters under the earth.
5 You must not bow down to them nor be induced to serve them, because I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation, in the case of those who hate me;
6 but exercising loving-kindness toward the thousandth generation in the case of those who love me and keep my commandments.

THE 3RD COMMANDMENT:

7 "You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way, for Jehovah will not leave the one unpunished who takes up his name in a worthless way.

THE 4TH COMMANDMENT:

8 "Remembering the sabbath day to hold it sacred,
9 you are to render service and you must do all your work six days.
10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah your God. You must not do any work, you nor your son nor your daughter, your slave man nor your slave girl nor your domestic animal nor your alien resident who is inside your gates.
11 For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and he proceeded to rest on the seventh day. That is why Jehovah blessed the sabbath day and proceeded to make it sacred.

THE 5TH COMMANDMENT:

12 "Honor your father and your mother in order that your days may prove long upon the ground that Jehovah your God is giving you.

THE 6TH COMMANDMENT:

13 "You must not murder.

THE 7TH COMMANDMENT:

14 "You must not commit adultery.

THE 8TH COMMANDMENT:

15 "You must not steal.

THE 9TH COMMANDMENT:

16 "You must not testify falsely as a witness against your fellowman.

THE 10TH COMMANDMENT:

17 "You must not desire your fellowman's house. You must not desire your fellowman's wife, nor his slave man nor his slave girl nor his bull nor his ass nor anything that belongs to your fellowman."



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