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9 Work six days and do everything you need to do.
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Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don't do any work - not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your maid, nor your animals, not even the foreign guest visiting in your town.
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but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.
11 For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day.
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For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 Honor your father and mother so that you'll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.
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“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
13 No murder.
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“You shall not murder.
14 No adultery.
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“You shall not commit adultery.
15 No stealing.
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“You shall not steal.
16 No lies about your neighbor.
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“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 No lusting after your neighbor's house - or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don't set your heart on anything that is your neighbor's.
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“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18 All the people, experiencing the thunder and lightning, the trumpet blast and the smoking mountain, were afraid - they pulled back and stood at a distance.
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When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance
19 They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we'll listen, but don't have God speak to us or we'll die."
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and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
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