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Today I’m going to announce God’s laws and regulations so that you will learn them and take care to obey them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When the LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>it was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us—we who are here today—all of us who are now living. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The LORD spoke to you face to face on the mountain from the fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I stood at that time as mediator<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 The Heb. lacks as mediator">a</a></span> between the LORD and you to declare his<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 Lit. the LORD’s">b</a></span> message to you, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. He said:</p> <p class="commandnum">א<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6-21 The Heb. letters to the left denote numbers 1-10">c</a></span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt—from the house of slavery.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 Lit. slaves">d</a></span> </p> <p class="commandnum">ב</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“‘You are to have no other gods besides me <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span> “You are not to make for yourselves a carved image resembling any form in the heavens above, on earth below, or in the waters under the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Or sons">e</a></span> for the iniquity of their parents<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Or fathers">f</a></span> to the third and fourth generations<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 So LXX. The Heb. lacks generations">g</a></span> of those who hate me, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>but showing gracious love to the thousandth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Lit. to the thousands">h</a></span> generation<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 The Heb. lacks generation">i</a></span> of those who love me and keep my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 So LXX. Lit. his; cf. Exod 20:6">j</a></span> commandments.</p> <p class="commandnum">ג</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“‘You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave the one who misues his name unpunished.</p> <p class="commandnum">ד</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“‘You are to keep the Sabbath day holy, just as the LORD your God commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Six days you are to labor and do all your work, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>but the seventh day is a Sabbath for the LORD your God. You are not to do any work—neither you, your children,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. your sons and your daughters">k</a></span> your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys, nor any of your livestock—as well as any of the foreigners who live among you,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. live within your gates">l</a></span> so that your male and female servants may rest as you do. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out from there with great power and a show of force.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:15 Lit. with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.">m</a></span> Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.</p> <p class="commandnum">ה</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“‘You are to honor your father and your mother, just as the LORD your God commanded you, so that your life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:16 Lit. days">n</a></span> will be long and things will go well for you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.</p> <p class="commandnum">ו</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“‘You are not to murder.</p> <p class="commandnum">ז</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“‘You are not to commit adultery.</p> <p class="commandnum">ח</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“‘You are not to steal.</p> <p class="commandnum">ט</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“‘You are not to testify falsely against your neighbor.</p> <p class="commandnum">י</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“‘You are not to desire<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Or not take pleasure in">o</a></span> your neighbor’s wife nor covet your neighbor’s house,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Or neighbor’s family dynasty">p</a></span> his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that concerns your neighbor.’”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Recalls God’s Warnings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:22 LXX Sam Pentateuch read dark; cf. Deut 4:11">q</a></span> and dark clouds,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:22 Lit. cloud and thick darkness">r</a></span> and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>‘The LORD our God truly has displayed his glory and power, for we heard him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:24 The Heb. lacks him">s</a></span> from out of the fire today. We have witnessed how God spoke to human beings, yet they lived. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now therefore, why should we die? This great fire will consume us. If we continue to listen to the voice of the LORD our God any longer, we’ll die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For what mortal man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:26 Lit. For who among all flesh">t</a></span> has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire like we did, and lived? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>As for you, go near and listen to everything that the LORD our God will say to you, then repeat it<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:27 Lit. Then tell everything that the LORD our God will speak ">u</a></span> to us, and we’ll listen and obey.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“The LORD heard what you said. He told me: ‘I’ve heard what this people said. Everything they said was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>If only they would commit<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:29 Lit. only their heart would incline">v</a></span> to fear me and keep all my commands, then it will go well with them and their children forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Go and tell them to return to their tents, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>but you stand here with me and I’ll speak to you all the commands, decrees, and laws that you must teach them to observe in the land that I’m giving you to possess. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>You are to walk in every pathway that the LORD your God commanded you, so that life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:33 Lit. it">w</a></span> may go well for you, and so that you will prolong your days in the land that you will possess.’”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:5 The Heb. lacks <i>as mediator</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:5 Lit.<i> the LORD’s</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:6-21 The Heb. letters to the left denote numbers 1-10<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:6 Lit. <i>slaves</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:9 Or <i>sons</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:9 Or <i>fathers</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:9 So LXX. The Heb. lacks <i>generations</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:10 Lit. <i>to the thousands</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:10 The Heb. lacks <i>generation</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:10 So LXX. Lit. <i>his</i>; cf. Exod 20:6<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>your sons and your daughters</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>live within your gates</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:15 Lit. <i>with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:16 Lit. <i>days</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:21 Or <i>not take pleasure in</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:21 Or <i>neighbor’s family dynasty</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:22 LXX Sam Pentateuch read <i>dark</i>; cf. 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