The Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 5:6–21)
2 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.
4 UEB You must not make for yourself a carved figure nor the 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.
5 UEB You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the descendants, to the third and the 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 UEB But I show covenant faithfulness to thousands of 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.
7 UEB You must not take the name of Yahweh your God, in vain, for I will not hold guiltless anyone who takes my 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.
9 UEB You must labor and do all your work for six days. BSB BSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 UEB But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. On it you must not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the foreigner 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 UEB You must not murder anyone. BSB BSB: You shall not murder.
14 UEB You must not commit adultery. BSB BSB: You shall not commit adultery.
15 UEB You must not steal from anyone. BSB BSB: You shall not steal.
16 UEB You must not give 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 UEB All the people saw the thundering and the lightning, and heard the voice of the trumpet, and saw the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled and stood far off. 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 UEB They said to Moses, "Speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will 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 UEB Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you so that the honor of him may be in you, and so that you do 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 UEB So the people stood far off, and Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. 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 UEB Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you must tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with 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 UEB You will not make for yourselves other gods alongside me, gods of silver or 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 UEB You must make an earthen altar for me, and you must sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, fellowship offerings, sheep, and oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and 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 UEB If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of cut stones, for if you use your tools on it, you will have defiled it. 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 UEB You must not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed.'" BSB BSB: And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’