Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Exodus 20:15-26 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

15. Do not steal.

16. Do not tell lies about others.

17. Do not want to take anything that belongs to someone else. Don't want to take anyone's house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else.

18. The people trembled with fear when they heard the thunder and the trumpet and saw the lightning and the smoke coming from the mountain. They stood a long way off

19. and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”

20. “Don't be afraid!” Moses replied. “God has come only to test you, so that by obeying him you won't sin.”

21. But when Moses went near the thick cloud where God was, the people stayed a long way off.

22. The Lord told Moses to say to the people of Israel:With your own eyes, you saw me speak to you from heaven.

23. So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.

24. Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshipped, I will come down to bless you.

25. If you ever build an altar for me out of stones, do not use any tools to chisel the stones, because that would make the altar unfit.

26. And don't build an altar that requires steps; you might expose yourself when you climb up.