Exodus 20:13–26

¹³Do not murder.ⁿ

¹⁴Do not commit adultery.^o

¹⁵Do not steal.^p

¹⁶Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.^q

¹⁷Do 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

¹⁸All the people witnessed^A the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it^B 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

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

MOSES RECEIVES ADDITIONAL LAWS

²²Then the Lord told Moses, “This is what you are to say to the Israelites: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.^{w 23}Do not make gods of silver to rival me; do not make gods of gold for yourselves.^x

²⁴“Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.^{y 25}If you make a stone altar for me, do not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it.^{z 26}Do not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.