1901 American Standard Version (ASV)

Exodus 20

1 The Ten Commandments. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be.

 20:1 ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,

 20:2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

 20:4 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.

 20:5 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,

 20:6 and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

 20:7 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.

 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

 20:9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

 20:10 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:

 20:11 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.

 20:12 ¶ Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.

 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

 20:17 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.

 20:18 ¶ 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.

 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

 20:20 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.

 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

 20:22 ¶ 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.

 20:23 Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

 20:24 ¶ 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.

 20:25 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.

 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.