Exodus 20:12–21

12 Honor your father and your motherm so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 Do not murder.n

14 Do not commit adultery.o

15 Do not steal.p

16 Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.q

17 Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.r

THE PEOPLE’S REACTION

18 All the people witnessedA the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw itB they trembled and stood at a distance.s 19 “You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”t

20 Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will notC sin.”u 21 And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.v