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1 Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, “Listen carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them!
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Moses called out to all Israel, saying to them: "Israel! Listen to the regulations and the case laws that I'm recounting in your hearing right now. Learn them and carefully do them.
2 “The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai.
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The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb.
3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.
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The LORD didn't make this covenant with our ancestors but with us—all of us who are here and alive right now.
4 At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.
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The LORD spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself.
5 I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:
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At that time, I was standing between the LORD and you, declaring to you the LORD's word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn't go up on the mountain." The LORD said:
6 “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 “You must not have any other god but me.
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You must have no other gods before me.
8 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
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Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
9 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
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Do not bow down to them or worship them because I, the LORD your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents' sins—even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me.
10 But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
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But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
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Do not use the LORD your God's name as if it were of no significance; the LORD won't forgive anyone who uses his name that way.
12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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Keep the Sabbath day and treat it as holy, exactly as the LORD your God commanded:
13 You have six days each week for your ordinary work,
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Six days you may work and do all your tasks,
14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.
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but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Don't do any work on it—not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your oxen or donkeys or any of your animals, or the immigrant who is living among you—so that your male and female servants can rest just like you.
15 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
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Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That's why the LORD your God commands you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 “Honor your father and mother, as the LORD your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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Honor your father and your mother, exactly as the LORD your God requires, so that your life will be long and so that things will go well for you on the fertile land that the LORD your God is giving you.
17 “You must not murder.
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Do not kill.
18 “You must not commit 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 testify falsely against your neighbor.
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Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.
21 “You must not covet your neighbor’s wife. You must not covet your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
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Do not desire and try to take your neighbor's wife. Do not crave your neighbor's house, field, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
22 “The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
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Those are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly with a loud voice while on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick smoke. He added no more. God wrote them on two stone tablets, then gave them to me.
23 “But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.
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Now once you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, you came to me—more specifically, all the chiefs of your tribes and your elders came—
24 They said, ‘Look, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!
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and you said: "Look here! The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness. We've heard his voice come out of the very fire itself. We've seen firsthand that God can speak to a human being and they can survive!
25 But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.
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But why should we die? Surely this massive fire will consume us! If we hear any more of the LORD our God's voice, we will die.
26 Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and yet survive?
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Is there anyone who has heard the living God's voice speaking out of the very fire itself, like we have, and survived?
27 Go yourself and listen to what the LORD our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.’
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You go and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us all that the LORD our God speaks to you. We'll listen and we'll do it."
28 “The LORD heard the request you made to me. And he said, ‘I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.
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The LORD heard what you said, when you said this to me. The LORD then told me: I heard what the people said when they spoke with you. Everything they suggest is good.
29 Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
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If only their minds were like this: always fearing me and keeping all my commandments so that things would go well for them and their children forever!
30 Go and tell them, “Return to your tents.”
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Go and tell them: You may go back to your tents.
31 But you stand here with me so I can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations. You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.’”
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But you, Moses, must stay here with me. I will tell you all the commandments, the regulations, and the case laws that you must teach the Israelites to do in the land that I am giving them to possess.
32 So Moses told the people, “You must be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.
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So you must carefully do exactly what the LORD your God commands you. Don't deviate even a bit!
33 Stay on the path that the LORD your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
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You must walk the precise path that the LORD your God indicates for you so that you will live, and so that things will go well for you, and so you will extend your time on the land that you will possess.
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