Deuteronomy 5:16-26

16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
17 “You shall not murder.
18 “You shall not commit adultery.
19 “You shall not steal.
20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
22 These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders came to me.
24 And you said, “The LORD our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.
25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?

Cross References 16

  • 1. Malachi 1:6
  • 2. Exodus 21:17; Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3; Deuteronomy 27:16; Ezekiel 22:7; Matthew 15:4*; Matthew 19:19*; Mark 7:10*; Mark 10:19*; Luke 18:20*; Ephesians 6:2-3*; Colossians 3:20
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 11:9; Proverbs 3:1-2
  • 4. Genesis 9:6; Leviticus 24:17; Ecclesiastes 3:3; Jeremiah 40:15; Jeremiah 41:3; Matthew 5:21-22*; Matthew 19:19*; Mark 10:19*; Luke 18:20*; Romans 13:9*; James 2:11*
  • 5. Leviticus 20:10; Matthew 5:27-30; Matthew 19:18*; Mark 10:19*; Luke 18:20*; Romans 13:9*; James 2:11*
  • 6. Leviticus 19:11; Matthew 19:19*; Mark 10:19*; Luke 18:20*; Romans 13:9*
  • 7. S Exodus 23:1; Matthew 19:18*; Mark 10:19*; Luke 18:20*
  • 8. Romans 7:7*; Romans 13:9*
  • 9. S Exodus 20:21
  • 10. S Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 4:13
  • 11. S Exodus 3:16
  • 12. Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 11:2; Isaiah 53:4
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 3:24
  • 14. Exodus 19:19
  • 15. Exodus 20:18-19; Deuteronomy 18:16; Hebrews 12:19
  • 16. S Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 4:33; Judges 6:22-23; Judges 13:22; Isaiah 6:5
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