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And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I give you today, and give attention to them so that you may keep and do them.
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The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.
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The Lord did not make this agreement with our fathers but with us, who are all living and present here today.
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The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
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(I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,
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I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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You are to have no other gods but me.
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You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:
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You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
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And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
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You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.