Exodus 2020ExodusThe covenant at SinaiLXX2012 U. S. English

LXX2012 U. S. EnglishBerean Standard Bible

1. The Ten Commandments

   (Deuteronomy 5:6–21)

2. 1ENGLXX20And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:BSBBSB: And God spoke all these words:
3. 2ENGLXX20I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.BSBBSB: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
4. 3ENGLXX20You shall have no other gods beside me.BSBBSB: You shall have no other gods before Me.
5. 4ENGLXX20You shall not make to yourself 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.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5ENGLXX20You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,BSBBSB: 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,
7. 6ENGLXX20and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on them that keep my commandments.BSBBSB: but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
8. 7ENGLXX20You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.BSBBSB: 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. 8ENGLXX20Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.BSBBSB: Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
10. 9ENGLXX20Six days you shall labor, and shall perform all your work.BSBBSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
11. 10ENGLXX20But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox nor your ass, nor any cattle of yours, nor the stranger that sojourns with you.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 11ENGLXX20For 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.BSBBSB: For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
13. 12ENGLXX20Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.BSBBSB: Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
14. 13ENGLXX20You shall not commit adultery.BSBBSB: You shall not murder.
15. 14ENGLXX20You shall not steal.BSBBSB: You shall not commit adultery.
16. 15ENGLXX20You shall not kill.BSBBSB: You shall not steal.
17. 16ENGLXX20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.BSBBSB: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
18. 17ENGLXX20You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor'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 your neighbor.BSBBSB: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

19. Moses Comforts the People

    (Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)

20. 18ENGLXX20And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,BSBBSB: 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.
21. 19ENGLXX20and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.BSBBSB: “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
22. 20ENGLXX20And 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 you⌃ sin not.BSBBSB: “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.”
23. 21ENGLXX20And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.BSBBSB: And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

24. Idolatry Forbidden

    (1 Corinthians 10:14–22)

25. 22ENGLXX20And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel, You⌃ have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.BSBBSB: 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.
26. 23ENGLXX20You⌃ shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you⌃ shall not make to yourselves.BSBBSB: You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
27. 24ENGLXX20You⌃ shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it you⌃ 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 you and bless you.BSBBSB: 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.
28. 25ENGLXX20And if you will make to me an altar of stones, you shall not build them hewn stones; for you have lifted up your tool upon them, and they are defiled.BSBBSB: 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.
29. 26ENGLXX20You shall not go up to my altar by steps, that you may not uncover your nakedness upon it.BSBBSB: And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’

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