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.
