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Exodus 20 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Exo 20:1And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:
Exo 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exo 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.
Exo 20:4Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Exo 20:5Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,
Exo 20:6and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on them that keep my commandments.
Exo 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.
Exo 20:8Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy work.
Exo 20:10But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
Exo 20:11For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Exo 20:12 [fn] Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.
Exo 20:13(LXX 20:15) [fn] Thou shalt not kill.
Exo 20:14(LXX 20:13) [fn] Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exo 20:15(LXX 20:14) [fn] Thou shalt not steal.
Exo 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exo 20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbour.
Exo 20:18And all the people perceived the [fn]thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
Exo 20:19and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.
Exo 20:20And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.
Exo 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.
Exo 20:22And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
Exo 20:23Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.
Exo 20:24Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.
Exo 20:25And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.
Exo 20:26Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.
BES Footnotes
Or, saw the lightening, lit. saw the voice.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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