International Children’s Bible

Deuteronomy 5:15-23 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

15. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. The Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by his great power and strength. So the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.

16. “Honor your father and your mother. The Lord your God has commanded you to do this. Then you will live a long time. And things will go well for you in the land. The Lord your God is going to give you this land.

17. “You must not murder anyone.

18. “You must not be guilty of adultery.

19. “You must not steal.

20. “You must not tell lies about your neighbor in court.

21. “You must not want to take your neighbor’s wife. You must not want to take your neighbor’s house or land. You must not want to take his men or women slaves. You must not want to take his ox or his donkey. You must not want to take anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

22. The Lord gave these commands to all of you on the mountain. He spoke them in a loud voice out of the fire. He spoke from the cloud and the deep darkness. He did not say anything else. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets. And he gave them to me.

23. You heard the voice from the darkness. The mountain was blazing with fire. Then all the leaders of your tribes and your elders came to me.