Exodus 20:1–11

Ten Commandments

20And God spoke all these words, saying, ²“I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.

³“There shall be for you no other gods before me.

⁴“You shall not make for yourself a divine image with any form that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth below or that is in the water below the earth. ⁵You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I am Yahweh your God, a jealous God, punishing the guilt of the parents on the children on the third and on the fourth generations^a of those hating me, ⁶and showing loyal love to thousands of generations^b of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

⁷“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God,^c because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.^d

⁸“Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it. ⁹Six days you will work, and you will do all your work. ¹⁰But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work—you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who is in your gates—¹¹because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.