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Exodus 20:1 (ASV)
And God spake all these words, saying,

Exodus 20:2 (ASV)
I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3 (ASV)
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:4 (ASV)
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness `of any thing' that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Exodus 20:5 (ASV)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Exodus 20:6 (ASV)
and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:7 (ASV)
Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exodus 20:8 (ASV)
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:9 (ASV)
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

Exodus 20:10 (ASV)
but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: `in it' thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exodus 20:11 (ASV)
for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 20:12 (ASV)
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 20:13 (ASV)
Thou shalt not kill.

Exodus 20:14 (ASV)
Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:15 (ASV)
Thou shalt not steal.

Exodus 20:16 (ASV)
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 20:17 (ASV)
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Exodus 20:18 (ASV)
And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

Exodus 20:19 (ASV)
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Exodus 20:20 (ASV)
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

Exodus 20:21 (ASV)
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Exodus 20:22 (ASV)
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Exodus 20:23 (ASV)
Ye shall not make `other gods' with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

Exodus 20:24 (ASV)
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

Exodus 20:25 (ASV)
And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Exodus 20:26 (ASV)
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

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