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for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thou shalt not kill.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou shalt not commit adultery.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thou shalt not steal.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">Moses Comforts the People<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/5.htm#22">Deuteronomy 5:22-33</a>; <a href="../hebrews/12.htm#18">Hebrews 12:18-29</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.</p> <a name="22" id="22"></a><p class="hdg">Idolatry Forbidden<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../leviticus/19.htm">Leviticus 19:1-8</a>; <a href="../1_corinthians/10.htm#14">1 Corinthians 10:14-22</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.</p> <a name="24" id="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Altar of Sacrifice<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/27.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1-10</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; 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