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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Ten Commandments</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="DEU 5:1-21">Deuteronomy 5.1-21</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_1"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.1" class="v1_20_1">1</span>God spoke, and these were his words: </span><span class="v1_20_2"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.2" class="v1_20_2">2</span>“I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_3"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.3" class="v1_20_3">3</span>“Worship no god but me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_4"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.4" class="v1_20_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth. </span><span class="v1_20_5"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.5" class="v1_20_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. </span><span class="v1_20_6"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.6" class="v1_20_6">6</span>But I show my love to thousands of generations<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of those who love me and obey my laws.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_7"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.7" class="v1_20_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_8"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.8" class="v1_20_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. </span><span class="v1_20_9"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.9" class="v1_20_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You have six days in which to do your work, </span><span class="v1_20_10"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.10" class="v1_20_10">10</span>but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. </span><span class="v1_20_11"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.11" class="v1_20_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In six days I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_12"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.12" class="v1_20_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_13"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.13" class="v1_20_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not commit murder.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_14"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.14" class="v1_20_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not commit adultery.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_15"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.15" class="v1_20_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not steal.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_16"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.16" class="v1_20_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not accuse anyone falsely.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_17"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.17" class="v1_20_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The People's Fear</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="DEU 5:22-33">Deuteronomy 5.22-33</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_18"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.18" class="v1_20_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off. </span><span class="v1_20_19"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.19" class="v1_20_19">19</span>They said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_20"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.20" class="v1_20_20">20</span>Moses replied, “Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin.” </span><span class="v1_20_21"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.21" class="v1_20_21">21</span>But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.</span></p><h3 class="s">Laws about Altars</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_20_22"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.22" class="v1_20_22">22</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded Moses to tell the Israelites: “You have seen how I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken to you from heaven. </span><span class="v1_20_23"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.23" class="v1_20_23">23</span>Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me. </span><span class="v1_20_24"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.24" class="v1_20_24">24</span>Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you. </span><span class="v1_20_25"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.25" class="v1_20_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.20.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones, because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use. </span><span class="v1_20_26"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.20.26" class="v1_20_26">26</span>Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it; if you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.6: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">thousands of generations; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">thousands.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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