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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 20 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Exodus 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/19.htm" title="Exodus 19">◄</a> Exodus 20 <a href="../exodus/21.htm" title="Exodus 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/exodus/20-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Ten Commandments<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../deuteronomy/5.htm#6">Deuteronomy 5:6–21</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And God will speak all these words, saying,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I am Jehovah thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>There shall be no other God to thee to my face.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thou shalt not make to thee a carved image, and every appearance that is in the heavens above, and that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And doing kindness to thousands to them loving me and to them watching my commands.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not cleanse him who shall take his name in vain.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remember the day of the Sabbath to consecrate it. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Six days thou shalt work and do all thy service: <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all which is in them, and he will rest in the seventh day: for this Jehovah praised the seventh day and consecrated it.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Honor thy father and thy mother, so that thy days shall be prolonged upon the land which Jehovah thy gave to thee.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thou shalt not kill.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou shalt not commit adultery.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thou shalt not steal.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thou shalt not testify against thy friend for falsehood.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thou shalt not desire thy friend's house, thou shalt not desire thy friend's wife, and his servant and his maid and his ox and his ass and all which is to thy friend.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Moses Comforts the People<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../deuteronomy/5.htm#22">Deuteronomy 5:22–33</a>; <a href ="../hebrews/12.htm#18">Hebrews 12:18–29</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and the people feared, and they will shake, and they will stand from far off. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they will say to Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear: and God shall not speak with us lest we shall die. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Moses will say to the people, Ye shall not fear; for for this cause God came to try you, that his fear shall be to your faces, so that ye shall not sin. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the people will stand from far off, and Moses will draw near to the darkness where God is there.<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Idolatry Forbidden<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/10.htm#14">1 Corinthians 10:14–22</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Jehovah will say to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, Ye saw that from the heavens I spake with you. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Ye shall not make to me gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>An altar of earth shalt thou make to me, and sacrifice upon it thy burnt-offering and thy peace, and thy sheep and thy cattle: and in every place where I shall cause my name to be remembered, I will come to thee and bless thee. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And if thou shalt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them, cutting, for didst thou lift up thy sword upon it, and thou shalt defile it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And thou shalt not go up by steps upon mine altar, that thou shalt not uncover thy nakedness upon it.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; 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