Deuteronomy 5:2–22

²The Lord our God made a covenant^b with us at Horeb. ³He did not make this covenant with our ancestors,^c but with all of us who are alive here today. ⁴The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain. ⁵At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to report the word^A of the Lord to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And he said:

⁶I am the Lord your God,^d who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.^e

⁷Do not have other gods besides me.

⁸Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. ⁹Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,^{f 10}but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands.

¹¹Do not misuse the name^g of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name.

¹²Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. ¹³You are to labor six days and do all your work, ¹⁴but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident alien who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.

¹⁵Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

¹⁶Honor your father and your mother,^h as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.ⁱ

¹⁷Do not murder.^j

¹⁸Do not commit adultery.^k

¹⁹Do not steal.

²⁰Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor.^l

²¹Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.^m

THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE

²²“The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.