Exodus 20
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The Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5:6–21)

1And the LORDE spake all these wordes, and sayde:

2I am the LORDE thy God, which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from ye house of bondage.

3Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight.

4Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude, nether of it that is aboue in heauen, ner of it that is beneth vpon earth, ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth. 5Worshipe them not, and serue them not: for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God, vysitinge ye synne of the fathers vpon the children, vnto ye thirde and fourth generacion, of them that hate me: 6And do mercye vpo many thousandes, that loue me, and kepe my commaundementes.

7Thou shalt not take the name of ye LORDE thy God in vayne. For the LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, that taketh his name in vayne.

8Remembre the Sabbath daie, that thou sanctifie it. 9Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke: 10But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God: thou shalt do no maner worke in it, nether thou, ner thy sonne, ner thy doughter, ner thy seruaunt, ner thy mayde, ner thy catell, ner thy straunger that is within thy gates. 11For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth, and the see, and all that therin is, and rested vpon the seuenth daye: therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye, & halowed it.

12Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

13Thou shalt not kyll.

14Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.

15Thou shalt not steale.

16Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure.

17Thou shalt not lust after yi neghbours house. Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife, ner his seruaut, ner his mayde, ner his oxe, ner his Asse, ner all that thy neghboure hath

Moses Comforts the People
(Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)

18And all the people sawe the thonder and the lightenynge, and the noyse of the trompet, and how that the mountayne smoked, and were afrayed, and stackerd, & stode afarre of, 19and sayde vnto Moses: Talke thou with vs, we wil heare: and let not God talke with vs, we might els dye. 20And Moses sayde vnto the people: Be not afrayed, for God is come to proue you, and that his feare maye be before youre eyes, yt ye synne not. 21And the people stode afarre of. But Moses gat him in to the darcke cloude, where in God was.

Idolatry Forbidden
(1 Corinthians 10:14–22)

22And the LORDE spake vnto him: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel: Ye haue sene, that I haue talked wt you from heauen: 23therfore shal ye make nothinge with me: goddes of syluer and golde shal ye not make you.

24Make me an altare of earth, wher vpon thou mayest offer yi burntofferynges, & peaceofferynges, thy shepe and thine oxen. For loke in what place so euer I make ye remembraunce of my name, there wil I come vnto the, and blesse the. 25And yf thou wilt make me an altare of stone, thou shalt not make it of hewen stone: For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it, thou shalt vnhalowe it. 26Morouer thou shalt not go vp vpon steppes vnto myne altare, that thy shame be not discouered before it.


Coverdale Bible of 1535

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

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