Then Moses summoned
all
Israel
and said
to them:
"Hear, O Israel
, the statutes
and the ordinances
which
I am speaking
today
in your 1hearing
, that you may learn
them and observe
2them carefully
.
"The LORD our God
made
aa covenant
with us at Horeb
.
" aThe LORD did not make
this
covenant
with our fathers
, but with us, with all
those
of 1us alive
here
today
.
"The LORD spoke
to you aface
to face
at the mountain
bfrom the midst
of the fire
,
while aI was standing between
the LORD
and you at that time
, to declare
to you the word
of the LORD
; bfor you were afraid
because
of the fire
and did not go
up the mountain
. 1He said
,
` aI am the LORD your God
who
brought
you out of the land
of Egypt
, out of the house
of 1slavery
.
` aYou shall have no
other
gods
1before
Me.
` aYou shall not make for yourself 1an idol
, or any
likeness
of what
is in heaven
above
2or on the earth
beneath
2or in the water
under
the earth
.
`You shall not worship them or serve
them; for I, the LORD
your God
, am a jealous
God
, avisiting
the iniquity
of the fathers
on the children
, and on the third
and the fourth
generations of those who hate
Me,
but ashowing lovingkindness
to thousands
, to those who love
Me and keep
My commandments
.
` aYou shall not take the name
of the LORD
your God
in vain
, for the LORD
will not 1leave
him unpunished
who
takes
His name
in vain
.
` aObserve the sabbath
day
to keep
it holy
, as the LORD
your God
commanded
you.
`Six days
you shall labor
and do
all
your work
,
but athe seventh day
is a sabbath
of the LORD
your God
; in it you shall not do
any
work
, you or your son
or your daughter
or your male
servant
or your female
servant
or your ox
or your donkey
or any
of your cattle
or your sojourner
who
1stays with you, so
that your male
servant
and your female
servant
may rest
as well as you.
` aYou shall remember that you were a slave
in the land
of Egypt
, and the LORD
your God
brought
you out of there
by a mighty
hand
and by an outstretched
arm
; therefore
the LORD
your God
commanded
you to observe
the sabbath
day
.
` aHonor your father
and your mother
, as the LORD
your God
has commanded
you, bthat your days
may be prolonged
and that it may go
well
with you on the land
which
the LORD
your God
gives
you.
` aYou shall not murder.
` aYou shall not commit adultery
.
` aYou shall not steal.
` aYou shall not bear false
witness
against your neighbor
.
` aYou shall not covet your neighbor's
wife
, and you shall not desire
your neighbor's
house
, his field
or his male
servant
or his female
servant
, his ox
or his donkey
or anything
that belongs to your neighbor
.'
"These words
the LORD
spoke
to all
your assembly
at the mountain
from the midst
of the fire
, of the cloud
and of the thick
gloom
, with a great
voice
, and He added
no
more
. aHe wrote
them on two
tablets
of stone
and gave
them to me.
"And when you heard the voice
from the midst
of the darkness
, while the mountain
was burning
with fire
, you came
near
to me, all
the heads
of your tribes
and your elders
.
"You said, `Behold
, the LORD
our God
has shown
us His glory
and His greatness
, and we have heard
His voice
from the midst
of the fire
; we have seen
today
that God
speaks
with man
, yet he lives
.
` aNow then why
should we die
? For this
great
fire
will consume
us; if
we hear
the voice
of the LORD
our God
any
longer
, then we will die
.
`For awho is there of all
flesh
who
has heard
the voice
of the living
God
speaking
from the midst
of the fire
, as we have, and lived
?
` 1Go near
and hear
all
that the LORD
our God
says
; then speak
to us all
that the LORD
our God
speaks
to you, and we will hear
and do
it.'
"The LORD heard
the voice
of your words
when you spoke
to me, aand the LORD
said
to me, `I have heard
the voice
of the words
of this
people
which
they have spoken
to you. They have done
well
in all
that they have spoken
.
` aOh that they had
such
a heart
in them, that they would fear
Me and bkeep
all
My commandments
always
, that cit may be well
with them and with their sons
forever
!
`Go, say
to them, "Return
to your tents
."
` aBut as for you, stand here
by Me, that I may speak
to you all
the commandments
and the statutes
and the judgments
which
you shall teach
them, that they may observe
them in the land
which
I give
them to possess
.'
"So you shall observe to do
just
as the LORD
your God
has commanded
you; ayou shall not turn
aside
to the right
or to the left
.
" aYou shall walk in all
the way
which
the LORD
your God
has commanded
you, bthat you may live
and that it may be well
with you, and that you may prolong
your days
in the land
which
you will possess
.