The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

⭑ Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 20 -

(Deuteronomy 5:6–21)

And God speaks all these words, saying,

“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

You have no other Gods before Me.

You do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

You do not take up the Name of your God YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him who takes up His Name for a vain thing.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;

six days you labor and have done all your work,

and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—

for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

You do not murder.

You do not commit adultery.

You do not steal.

You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”

Moses Comforts the People

(Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand far off,

and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

Idolatry Forbidden

(1 Corinthians 10:14–22)

And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you.

And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.

(Deuteronomy 5:6–21)

God(a) spoke all these words, saying,

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God,(b) for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not steal.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Moses Comforts the People

(Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)

All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

Idolatry Forbidden

(1 Corinthians 10:14–22)

The LORD said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.

You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

Footnotes

(a)20:1 After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.

(b)20:7 or, You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain