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Exodus 20:1-21
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The Ten Commandments

1zAnd aGod spoke all these words, saying,

2b“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

3c“You shall have no other gods before1 me.

4d“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5eYou shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am fa jealous God, gvisiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands2 of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7h“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

8i“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9jSix days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10but the kseventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the lsojourner who is within your gates. 11For min six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12n“Honor your father and your mother, othat your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13p“You shall not murder.3

14q“You shall not commit adultery.

15r“You shall not steal.

16s“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17t“You shall not covet uyour neighbor's house; vyou shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

18Now when all the people saw wthe thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid4 and trembled, and they stood far off 19and said to Moses, x“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20yMoses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to ztest you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the athick darkness where God was.

Footnotes

  • 1 20:3 Or besides
  • 2 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation
  • 3 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
  • 4 20:18 Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text the people saw
Displaying 1-10 of 22 sermons for this passage.

The Partial Kingdom: God’s Rule and Blessing

Exodus 1:1 – Leviticus 27:34 Sermon Includes Transcript 29:59 ID: 2385

The Partial Kingdom: God’s People — Part Two

Exodus 1:1–40:38 Sermon Includes Transcript 39:26 ID: 2384

The Fusing of Two Horizons (Washington, DC)

Exodus 20:14 Sermon 47:06 ID: 1981

The Other Man’s Grass

Exodus 20:17 Sermon Includes Transcript 43:55 ID: 1705

The Truth Matters

Exodus 20:16 Sermon Includes Transcript 47:14 ID: 1703

“I Was Only Borrowing It!”

Exodus 20:15 Sermon Includes Transcript 49:35 ID: 1700

“Whom God Has Joined”

Exodus 20:14 Sermon Includes Transcript 47:43 ID: 1698

Life Is Sacred

Exodus 20:13 Sermon Includes Transcript 45:51 ID: 1696

Family Life, God’s Way

Exodus 20:12 Sermon Includes Transcript 48:06 ID: 1694

Holy Day or Holiday? — Part One

Exodus 20:8–11 Sermon Includes Transcript 47:49 ID: 1692

Displaying 1-2 of 2 series for this passage.

The Kingdom of God, Volume 1

Genesis 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Series ID: 26801

Pathway to Freedom

Exodus 20:3–17 Series ID: 20501