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1 Moses called all the people of Israel together and said: Listen, Israel, to the commands and laws I am giving you today. Learn them and obey them carefully.
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Then Moshe called to all Isra'el and said to them, "Listen, Isra'el, to the laws and rulings which I am announcing in your hearing today, so that you will learn them and take care to obey them.
2 The Lord our God made an Agreement with us at Mount Sinai.
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ADONAI our God made a covenant with us at Horev.
3 He did not make this Agreement with our ancestors, but he made it with us, with all of us who are alive here today.
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ADONAI did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us -with us, who are all of us here alive today.
4 The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
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ADONAI spoke with you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
5 (At that time I stood between you and the Lord in order to tell you what the Lord said; you were afraid of the fire, so you would not go up on the mountain.) The Lord said:
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At that time I stood between ADONAI and you in order to tell you what ADONAI was saying; because, on account of the fire, you were afraid and wouldn't go up onto the mountain. He said, t
6 "I am the Lord your God; I brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves.
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"'I am ADONAI your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves. c
7 "You must not have any other gods except me.
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"'You are to have no other gods before me.
8 "You must not make for yourselves any idols or anything to worship that looks like something in the sky above or on the earth below or in the water below the land.
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You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline -
9 You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. If people sin against me and hate me, I will punish their children, even their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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you are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents, also the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
10 But I will be very kind for a thousand lifetimes to those who love me and obey my commands.
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but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.
11 "You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly, because the Lord will punish anyone who uses his name in this way.
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"'You are not to misuse the name of ADONAI your God, because ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone who misuses his name.
12 "Keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as the Lord your God has commanded you.
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"'Observe the day of Shabbat, to set it apart as holy, as ADONAI your God ordered you to do.
13 You may work and get everything done during six days each week,
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You have six days to labor and do all your work,
14 but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your ox, your donkey, or any of your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. That way your servants may rest as you do.
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but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it you are not to do any kind of work - not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property - so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do.
15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by his great power and strength. So the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
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You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and ADONAI your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore ADONAI your God has ordered you to keep the day of Shabbat.
16 "Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live a long time, and things will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.
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"'Honor your father and mother, as ADONAI your God ordered you to do, so that you will live long and have things go well with you in the land ADONAI your God is giving you.
17 "You must not murder anyone.
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"'Do not murder.
18 "You must not be guilty of adultery.
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"'Do not commit adultery.
19 "You must not steal.
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"'Do not steal.
20 "You must not tell lies about your neighbor.
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"'Do not give false evidence against your neighbor.
21 "You must not want to take your neighbor's wife. You must not want to take your neighbor's house or land, his male or female slaves, his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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"'Do not covet your neighbor's wife; do not covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.'
22 The Lord spoke these commands to all of you on the mountain in a loud voice out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness; he did not say anything else. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets, and he gave them to me.
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"These words ADONAI spoke to your entire gathering at the mountain from fire, cloud and thick mist, in a loud voice; then it ceased. But he wrote them on two stone tablets, which he gave to me.
23 When you heard the voice from the darkness, as the mountain was blazing with fire, all your older leaders and leaders of your tribes came to me.
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When you heard the voice coming out of the darkness, as the mountain blazed with fire, you came to me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders,
24 And you said, "The Lord our God has shown us his glory and majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks to him.
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and said, 'Here, ADONAI our God has shown us his glory and his greatness! We have heard his voice coming from the fire, and we have seen today that God does speak with human beings, and they stay alive.
25 But now, we will die! This great fire will burn us up, and we will die if we hear the Lord our God speak anymore.
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But why should we keep risking death? This great fire will consume us! If we hear the voice of ADONAI our God any more, we will die!
26 No human being has ever heard the living God speaking from a fire and still lived, but we have.
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For who is there of all humanity that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and stayed alive?
27 Moses, you go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then you tell us what the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and obey."
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You, go near; and hear everything ADONAI our God says. Then you will tell us everything ADONAI our God says to you; and we will listen to it and do it.'
28 The Lord heard what you said to me, and he said to me, "I have heard what the people said to you. Everything they said was good.
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"ADONAI heard what you were saying when you spoke to me, and ADONAI said to me, 'I have heard what this people has said when speaking to you, and everything they have said is good.
29 I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!
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Oh, how I wish their hearts would stay like this always, that they would fear me and obey all my mitzvot; so that it would go well with them and their children forever.
30 "Go and tell the people to return to their tents,
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Go, tell them to return to their tents.
31 but you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, rules, and laws that you must teach the people to obey in the land I am giving them as their own."
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But you, stand here by me; and I will tell you all the mitzvot, laws and rulings which you are to teach them, so that they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.'
32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, and follow the commands exactly.
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"Therefore you are to be careful to do as ADONAI your God has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left.
33 Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.
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You are to follow the entire way which ADONAI your God has ordered you; so that you will live, things will go well with you, and you will live long in the land you are about to possess.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.