GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Israel, listen to the laws and rules I'm telling you today. Learn them and faithfully obey them.
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Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.
2 The LORD our God made a promise to us at Mount Horeb.
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The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3 He didn't make this promise to our ancestors, but to all of us who are alive here today.
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It was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.
4 The LORD spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
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The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
5 I stood between the LORD and you to tell you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and didn't go up on the mountain. The LORD said:
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(At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
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“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
7 "Never have any other gods.
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“You shall have no other gods before me.
8 Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
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“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
9 Never worship them or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
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You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
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