Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments

1 # Deut 5.22 Then God spoke all these words,

2 # Deut 5.6; 7.8 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3#Jer 35.15you shall have no other gods before#20.3 Or besides me.

4 # Lev 26.1; Deut 4.15–19; Ps 97.7 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. 5#Deut 4.24; Isa 44.15, 19; Jer 32.18You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me 6#Deut 7.9but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation#20.6 Or to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 # Lev 19.12; Mt 5.33 “You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

8 # Ex 23.12; 31.15 “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 9#Ex 34.21; Lk 13.14Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11#Gen 2.2, 3For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.

12 # Lev 19.3; Mt 15.4; Mk 7.10; Eph 6.2 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 # Rom 13.9 “You shall not murder.#20.13 Or kill

14 # Mt 19.18 “You shall not commit adultery.

15 # Mt 19.18 “You shall not steal.

16 # Ex 23.1; Mt 19.18 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 # Rom 7.7; 13.9 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

18 # Ex 19.18; Heb 12.18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid#20.18 Sam Gk Syr Vg: MT they saw and trembled and stood at a distance 19#Deut 5.23–27and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20#Ex 14.13; 15.25; Deut 4.10Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.” 21#Deut 5.22Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

The Law concerning the Altar

22 # Neh 9.13 The Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I spoke with you from heaven. 23#v 3; Ex 32.1, 2, 4You shall not make gods of silver alongside me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24#Gen 12.2; Lev 1.2; Deut 12.5You need make for me only an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being, 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#Deut 27.5, 6But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it. 26You shall not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.

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