1 (A: iv, S: iii)Then Moshe called to all Isra’el and said to them, “Listen, Isra’el, to the laws and rulings which I am announcing in your hearing today, so that you will learn them and take care to obey them.
2 Adonaiour God made a covenant with us at Horev.
3 Adonaidid not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us — with us, who are all of us here alive today.
4 Adonaispoke with you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
5 At that time I stood betweenAdonaiand you in order to tell you whatAdonaiwas saying; because, on account of the fire, you were afraid and wouldn’t go up onto the mountain. He said,
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6 “‘I amAdonaiyour God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.
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7 “‘You are to have no other gods before me.
8 You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline —
9 you are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I,Adonaiyour God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents, also the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
10 but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey mymitzvot.
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11 “‘You are not to misuse the name ofAdonaiyour God, becauseAdonaiwill not leave unpunished someone who misuses his name.
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12 “‘Observe the day ofShabbat, to set it apart as holy, asAdonaiyour God ordered you to do.
13 You have six days to labor and do all your work,
14 but the seventh day is aShabbatforAdonaiyour God. On it you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property — so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do.
15 You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, andAdonaiyour God brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. ThereforeAdonaiyour God has ordered you to keep the day ofShabbat.
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16 “‘Honor your father and mother, asAdonaiyour God ordered you to do, so that you will live long and have things go well with you in the landAdonaiyour God is giving you.
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17 “‘Do not murder.
ז “‘Do not commit adultery.
ח “‘Do not steal.
ט “‘Do not give false evidence against your neighbor.
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18 “‘Do not covet your neighbor’s wife; do not covet your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’
(A: v, S: iv)
19 “These wordsAdonaispoke to your entire gathering at the mountain from fire, cloud and thick mist, in a loud voice; then it ceased. But he wrote them on two stone tablets, which he gave to me.
20 When you heard the voice coming out of the darkness, as the mountain blazed with fire, you came to me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders,
21 and said, ‘Here,Adonaiour God has shown us his glory and his greatness! We have heard his voice coming from the fire, and we have seen today that God does speak with human beings, and they stay alive.
22 But why should we keep risking death? This great fire will consume us! If we hear the voice ofAdonaiour God any more, we will die!
23 For who is there of all humanity that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and stayed alive?
24 You, go near; and hear everythingAdonaiour God says. Then you will tell us everythingAdonaiour God says to you; and we will listen to it and do it.’
25 “Adonaiheard what you were saying when you spoke to me, andAdonaisaid to me, ‘I have heard what this people has said when speaking to you, and everything they have said is good.
26 Oh, how I wish their hearts would stay like this always, that they would fear me and obey all mymitzvot; so that it would go well with them and their children forever.
27 Go, tell them to return to their tents.
28 But you, stand here by me; and I will tell you all themitzvot, laws and rulings which you are to teach them, so that they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.’
29 “Therefore you are to be careful to do asAdonaiyour God has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left.
30 You are to follow the entire way whichAdonaiyour God has ordered you; so that you will live, things will go well with you, and you will live long in the land you are about to possess.