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Translation 1: ArtScroll/The Stone Edition TANACH
Exodus 20:1-14
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God spoke all these statements, saying:
I am HaShem, your God, Who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence.
You shall not make yourself a carved image nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the water beneath the earth. You shall not prostrate yourself to them nor worship them, for I am HaShem your God — a jealous God, Who visits the sin of fathers upon children to the third and fourth generations, for My enemies, but Who shows kindness for thousands [of generations] to those who love Me and observe My commandments.
You shall not take the Name of HaShem, your God, in vain, for HaShem will not absolve anyone who takes His Name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it. Six days shall you work and accomplish all your work; but the seventh day is Sabbath to HaShem, your God; you shall not do any work — you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maidservant, your animal, and your convert within your gates — for in six days HaShem made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, HaShem blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
Honor your father and our mother, so that your days will be lengthened upon the land that HaShem, your God, gives you.
You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness against your fellow.
You shall not covet your fellow’s house. You shall not covet your fellow’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your fellow.
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Translation 2: THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES – by Everett Fox
1 God spoke all these words, saying:
2 I am YHWH your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of serfs. 3 You are not to have any other gods before my presence. 4 You are not to make yourself a carved-image or any figure that is in the heavens above, that is on the earth beneath, that is in the waters beneath the earth; 5 you are not to bow down to them, you are not to serve them, for I, YHWH your God, am a zealous God, calling-to-account the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and the fourth (generation) of those that hate me, 6 but showing loyalty to the thousandth of those that love me, of those that keep my commandments. 7 You are not to take up the name of YHWH your God for emptiness, for YHWH will not clear him that takes up his name for emptiness. 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to hallow it. 9 For six days, you are to serve, and are to make all your work, 10 but the seventh day is Sabbath for YHWH your God: you are not to make any kind of work, (not) you, nor your son, nor your daughter, (not) your servant, nor your maid, nor your beast, nor your sojourner that is within your gates. 11 For in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in it, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore YHWH gave the Sabbath day his blessing, and he hallowed it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, in order that your days may be prolonged
on the soil that YHWH your God is giving you. 13 You are not to murder. You are not to adulter. You are not to steal. You are not to testify against your fellow as a false witness. 14 You are not to desire the house of your neighbor, you are not to desire the wife of your neighbor, or his servant, or his maid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s. 15 Now all of the people were seeing the thunder-sounds, the flashing-torches, the shofar sound, and the mountain smoking; when the people saw, they faltered and stood far off. 16 They said to Moshe: You speak with us, and we will hearken, but let not God speak with us, lest we die! 17 Moshe said to the people: Do not be afraid! For it is to test you that God has come, to have awe of him be upon you, so that you do not sin. 18 The people stood far off, > and Moshe approached the fog where God was. 19 YHWH said to Moshe: Say thus to the Children of Israel: You yourselves have seen that it was form the heavens that i spoke with you. 20 You are not to make beside me gods of silver, gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves! 21 A slaughter-site of soil, you are to make for me, you are to slaughter upon it your offerings-up, your sacrifices of shalom, your sheep and your oxen! At every place where I cause my name to be recalled I will come to you and bless you. 22 But if a slaughter-site of stones you make for me, you are not to build it smooth-hewn, for if you hold-high your iron-tool over it, you will have profaned it. 23 And you are not to ascend my slaughter-site by ascending steps, that your nakedness not be laid-bare upon it.