Exodus 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Ten Commandments

(Deu 5:1–22 )

Exo 20:1

Exo 20:1And God spake all these words, saying,

Exo 20:2

Exo 20:2I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exo 20:3

Exo 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exo 20:4

Exo 20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Exo 20:5

Exo 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Exo 20:6

Exo 20:6and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Exo 20:7

Exo 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exo 20:8

Exo 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exo 20:9

Exo 20:9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

Exo 20:10

Exo 20:10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exo 20:11

Exo 20:11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exo 20:12

Exo 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Exo 20:13

Exo 20:13Thou shalt not kill.

Exo 20:14

Exo 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exo 20:15

Exo 20:15Thou shalt not steal.

Exo 20:16

Exo 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exo 20:17

Exo 20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

Exo 20:18

Exo 20:18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

Exo 20:19

Exo 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Exo 20:20

Exo 20:20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

Exo 20:21

Exo 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Exo 20:22

Exo 20:22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Exo 20:23

Exo 20:23Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

Exo 20:24

Exo 20:24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

Exo 20:25

Exo 20:25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Exo 20:26

Exo 20:26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Exodus 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Ten Commandments

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