The Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 5:6–21)
2 CPDV “I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude. BSB BSB: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
4 CPDV You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth. BSB BSB: You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
5 CPDV You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, BSB BSB: You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6 CPDV and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts. BSB BSB: but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 CPDV You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely. BSB BSB: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
9 CPDV For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks. BSB BSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 CPDV But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates. BSB BSB: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
13 CPDV You shall not murder. BSB BSB: You shall not murder.
14 CPDV You shall not commit adultery. BSB BSB: You shall not commit adultery.
15 CPDV You shall not steal. BSB BSB: You shall not steal.
16 CPDV You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor. BSB BSB: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Moses Comforts the People (Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)
18 CPDV Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance, BSB BSB: When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
19 CPDV saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.” BSB BSB: “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
20 CPDV And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.” BSB BSB: “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
21 CPDV And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God. BSB BSB: And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Idolatry Forbidden (1 Corinthians 10:14–22)
22 CPDV Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: “This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 CPDV You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. BSB BSB: You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
24 CPDV You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you. BSB BSB: You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
25 CPDV And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled. BSB BSB: Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
26 CPDV You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.” BSB BSB: And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’