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Exodus 20:6-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7. Do not use the Lord your God’s name as if it were of no significance; the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way.

8. Remember the Sabbath day and treat it as holy.

9. Six days you may work and do all your tasks,

10. but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work on it—not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your animals, or the immigrant who is living with you.

11. Because the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days, but rested on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12. Honor your father and your mother so that your life will be long on the fertile land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13. Do not kill.

14. Do not commit adultery.

15. Do not steal.

16. Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.

17. Do not desire your neighbor’s house. Do not desire and try to take your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

18. When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking, the people shook with fear and stood at a distance.

19. They said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we’ll die."

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