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Exodus 20:11-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.

12. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

13. You shall not murder.

14. You shall not commit adultery.

15. You shall not steal.

16. You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

17. You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his."

18. Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,

19. saying to Moses: "Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die."

20. And Moses said to the people: "Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin."

21. And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.

22. Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: "This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

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