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And God spake all these words, saying, -
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I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me. -
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Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, -
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and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. -
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Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. -
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Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; -
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but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: -
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for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -
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Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. -
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Thou shalt not kill. -
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Thou shalt not commit adultery. -
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Thou shalt not steal. -
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. -
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. -
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And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off. -
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And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. -
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And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not. -
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. -
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. -
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Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. -
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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. -
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And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. -
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Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon. -
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