1 A nd Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.

¶ And Moses called all Israel and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and rights which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them and keep them, to do them.

2 T he Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

3 T he Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.

Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, all of us who are here alive this day.

4 T he Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.

The LORD spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire

5 I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD, for ye were afraid by reason of the fire and did not climb the mount), saying,

6 ‘ I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

¶ I AM thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.

7 ‘ You shall have no other gods before Me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

8 ‘ You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters beneath the earth.

9 y ou shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them, for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me

10 b ut showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

and showing mercy unto thousands, to those that love me and keep my commandments.

11 ‘ You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him innocent that takes his name in vain.

12 ‘ Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God has commanded thee.

13 S ix days you shall labor and do all your work,

Six days thou shalt labour and do all thy work,

14 b ut the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

but the seventh day is the sabbath unto the LORD thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy manslave nor thy maidslave nor thine ox nor thine ass nor any animal of thine nor thy stranger that is within thy gates, that thy manslave and thy maidslave may rest as well as thou.

15 A nd remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

And remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt and that the LORD thy God brought thee out of there with a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore, the LORD thy God has commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

16 ‘ Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God has commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.

17 ‘ You shall not murder.

Thou shalt not murder.

18 ‘ You shall not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

19 ‘ You shall not steal.

Thou shalt not steal.

20 ‘ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

21 ‘ You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field or his manslave or his maidslave, his ox or his ass or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

22 “ These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. The People Afraid of God’s Presence

These words the LORD spoke unto all your congregation in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone and delivered them unto me.

23 “ So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

¶ And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness and saw the mountain that burned with fire that ye came near unto me, even all the princes of your tribes and your elders;

24 A nd you said: ‘Surely 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 this day that God speaks with man; yet he still lives.

and ye said, Behold, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire; we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.

25 N ow therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, then we shall die.

Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

26 F or who 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?

For what is all flesh that it should hear the voice of the living God that speaks out of the midst of the fire, as we heard, and live?

27 Y ou go near and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and tell us all that the Lord our God says to you, and we will hear and do it. ’

Go thou near and hear all that the LORD our God shall say, and thou shalt tell us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

28 “ Then the Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken.

And the LORD heard the voice of your words when ye spoke unto me, and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken.

29 O h, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

O that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and with their children for ever!

30 G o and say to them, “Return to your tents.”

Go say to them, Return to your tents.

31 B ut as for you, stand here by Me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments and the statutes and the rights, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to inherit.

32 “ Therefore you shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Ye shall observe to do, therefore, as the LORD your God has commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

33 Y ou shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you that ye may live and that it may be well with you and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye are to inherit.