1. Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances which I proclaim in your hearing this day, that you may learn them and take care to observe them.
2. The Lord, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb;
3. not with our ancestors did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, all of us who are alive here this day.
4. Face to face, the Lord spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire,
5. while I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to announce to you these words of the Lord, since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain:
6. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7. You shall not have other gods beside me.
8. You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
9. you shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, bringing punishment for their parents’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation,
10. but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11. You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. For the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.
12. Observe the sabbath day—keep it holy, as the Lord, your God, commanded you.
13. Six days you may labor and do all your work,
14. but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey or any work animal, or the resident alien within your gates, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do.
15. Remember that you too were once slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord, your God, brought you out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the Lord, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
16. Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
17. You shall not kill.
18. You shall not commit adultery.