Deuteronomy 5
1 And
Moses called all
Israel, and
said unto them,
Hear, O
Israel, the
statutes and
judgments which I
speak in your
ears this
day, that ye may
learn them, and
keep, and
do them.
2 The
LORD our
God made a
covenant with us in
Horeb. 3 The
LORD made not this
covenant with our
fathers, but with
us, even us, who are all of
us here
alive this
day. 4 The
LORD talked with you
face to
face in the
mount out of the
midst of the
fire, 5 (I
stood between the
LORD and you at that
time, to
shew you the
word of the
LORD: for ye were
afraid by
reason of the
fire, and went not
up into the mount;)
saying,
6 I am the
LORD thy
God, which brought thee
out of the
land of
Egypt, from the
house of
bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none
other gods before me.
8 Thou shalt not
make thee any graven
image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the
waters beneath the
earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow
down thyself unto them, nor
serve them: for I the
LORD thy
God am a
jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers upon the
children unto the
third and
fourth generation of them that
hate me,
10 And
shewing mercy unto
thousands of them that
love me and
keep my
commandments. 11 Thou shalt not
take the
name of the
LORD thy
God in
vain: for the
LORD will not hold him
guiltless that
taketh his
name in
vain. 12 Keep the
sabbath day to
sanctify it, as the
LORD thy
God hath
commanded thee.
13 Six days thou shalt
labour, and
do all thy
work: 14 But the
seventh day is the
sabbath of the
LORD thy
God: in it thou shalt not
do any
work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thine
ox, nor thine
ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy
gates; that thy
manservant and thy
maidservant may
rest as well as thou.
15 And
remember that thou wast a
servant in the
land of
Egypt, and that the
LORD thy
God brought thee out thence through a
mighty hand and by a stretched
out arm: therefore the
LORD thy
God commanded thee to
keep the
sabbath day. 16 Honour thy
father and thy
mother, as the
LORD thy
God hath
commanded thee; that thy
days may be
prolonged, and that it may go
well with thee, in the
land which the
LORD thy
God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not
kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit
adultery.
19 Neither shalt thou
steal.
20 Neither shalt thou
bear false witness against thy
neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou
desire thy
neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy
neighbour's house, his
field, or his
manservant, or his
maidservant, his
ox, or his
ass, or any thing that is thy
neighbour's. 22 These
words the
LORD spake unto all your
assembly in the
mount out of the
midst of the
fire, of the
cloud, and of the thick
darkness, with a
great voice: and he added no
more. And he
wrote them in
two tables of
stone, and
delivered them unto me.
23 And it came to pass, when ye
heard the
voice out of the
midst of the
darkness, (for the
mountain did
burn with fire,) that ye came
near unto me, even all the
heads of your
tribes, and your
elders; 24 And ye
said, Behold, the
LORD our
God hath
shewed us his
glory and his
greatness, and we have
heard his
voice out of the
midst of the
fire: we have
seen this
day that
God doth
talk with
man, and he
liveth.
25 Now therefore why should we
die? for this
great fire will
consume us: if we
hear the
voice of the
LORD our
God any
more, then we shall
die.
26 For who is there of all
flesh, that hath
heard the
voice of the
living God speaking out of the
midst of the
fire, as we have, and
lived?
27 Go thou
near, and
hear all that the
LORD our
God shall
say: and
speak thou unto us all that the
LORD our
God shall
speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and
do it.
28 And the
LORD heard the
voice of your
words, when ye
spake unto me; and the
LORD said unto me, I have
heard the
voice of the
words of this
people, which they have
spoken unto thee: they have
well said all that they have
spoken.
29 O that there were
such an heart in
them, that they would
fear me, and
keep all my
commandments always, that it might be
well with them, and with their
children for
ever! 30 Go say to them,
Get you into your
tents again.
31 But as for thee,
stand thou here by
me, and I will
speak unto thee all the
commandments, and the
statutes, and the
judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may
do them in the
land which I
give them to
possess it.
32 Ye shall
observe to
do therefore as the
LORD your
God hath
commanded you: ye shall not turn
aside to the right
hand or to the
left. 33 Ye shall
walk in all the
ways which the
LORD your
God hath
commanded you, that ye may
live, and that it may be
well with you, and that ye may
prolong your
days in the
land which ye shall
possess.