The Covenant at Horeb 1 UEB Moses called to all Israel and said to them, "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and the decrees that I will speak in your ears today, that you may learn them and keep them. BSB BSB: Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
2 UEB Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. BSB BSB: The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3 UEB Yahweh did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with us, all of us alive here today. BSB BSB: He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
4 UEB Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mount out of the middle of the fire BSB BSB: The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1–17)
5 UEB (I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to reveal to you his word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain). Yahweh said, BSB BSB: At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
6 UEB 'I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. BSB BSB: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 UEB You will have no other gods before me. BSB BSB: You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 UEB You will not make for yourself a carved figure nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below. 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.
9 UEB You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, 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,
10 UEB and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments. BSB BSB: but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
11 UEB You will not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. 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.
12 UEB Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. BSB BSB: Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
13 UEB For six days you will labor and do all your work; BSB BSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 UEB but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 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, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
15 UEB You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. BSB BSB: Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 UEB Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God has commanded you to do, that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and so that it may go well with you. BSB BSB: Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
17 UEB You will not murder. BSB BSB: You shall not murder.
18 UEB You will not commit adultery. BSB BSB: You shall not commit adultery.
19 UEB You will not steal. BSB BSB: You shall not steal.
20 UEB You will not give false witness against your neighbor. BSB BSB: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
21 UEB You will not covet your neighbor's wife, you will not covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' BSB BSB: You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Moses Intercedes for the People (Exodus 20:18–21; Hebrews 12:18–29)
22 UEB These words Yahweh spoke in a loud voice to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness; he did not add any more words. He wrote them down on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. BSB BSB: The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 UEB It came about, when you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning, that you came near to me—all your elders and the heads of your tribes. BSB BSB: And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
24 UEB You said, 'Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire; we have seen today that when God speaks with people, they can live. BSB BSB: and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
25 UEB But why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, we will die. BSB BSB: But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
26 UEB For who besides us is there among all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speak out of the middle of the fire and lived, as we have done? BSB BSB: For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
27 UEB As for you, you should go and listen to everything that Yahweh our God says; repeat to us everything that Yahweh our God says to you; we will listen to it and obey it.' BSB BSB: Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
28 UEB Yahweh heard your words when you spoke to me. He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, what they said to you. What they said was good. BSB BSB: And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 UEB Oh, that there were such a heart in them, that they would honor me and always keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their children forever! BSB BSB: If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
30 UEB Go say to them, "Return to your tents." BSB BSB: Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’
31 UEB But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes, and the decrees that you will teach them, so that they may keep them in the land that I will give them to possess.' BSB BSB: But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
32 UEB You will keep, therefore, what Yahweh your God has commanded you; you will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. BSB BSB: So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
33 UEB You will walk in all the ways that Yahweh your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and so that it may go well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that you will possess. BSB BSB: You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
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