Exodus 20:10 - Prayer Tents



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Exodus 20
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The Ten Commandments

20God spoke, and these were his words:H430H1696H1697H559 2"I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.H3068H430H3318H776H4714H1004H5650 3"Worship no god but me.H312H430H6440 4"Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.H6213H6459H8544H834H8064H4605H776H4325H776 5Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.H7812H5647H3068H430H7067H410H6485H5771H1H1121H8029H7256H8130 6But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.H6213H2617H505H157H8104H4687 7"Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the LORD your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.H5375H8034H3068H430H7723H3068H5352H5375H8034H7723 8"Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.H2142H7676H3117H6942 9You have six days in which to do your work,H8337H3117H5647H6213H4399 10but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work - neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.H7637H3117H7676H3068H430H6213H4399H1121H1323H5650H519H929H1616H8179 11In six days I, the LORD, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the LORD, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.H8337H3117H3068H6213H8064H776H3220H5117H7637H3117H3068H1288H7676H3117H6942 12"Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.H3513H1H517H3117H748H127H3068H430H5414 13"Do not commit murder.H7523 14"Do not commit adultery.H5003 15"Do not steal.H1589 16"Do not accuse anyone falsely.H6030H8267H5707H7453 17"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."H2530H7453H1004H2530H7453H802H5650H519H7794H2543H7453

The People’s Fear

18When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.H5971H7200H6963H3940H6963H7782H2022H6226H5971H7200H5128H5975H7350 19They said to Moses, "If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die."H559H4872H1696H8085H430H1696H4191 20Moses replied, "Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin."H4872H559H5971H3372H430H935H5668H5254H3374H6440H2398 21But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.H5971H5975H7350H4872H5066H6205H430

Laws about Altars

22The LORD commanded Moses to tell the Israelites: "You have seen how I, the LORD, have spoken to you from heaven.H3068H559H4872H559H1121H3478H7200H1696H8064 23Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me.H6213H430H3701H6213H430H2091 24Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you.H4196H127H6213H2076H5930H8002H6629H1241H4725H2142H8034H935H1288 25If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones, because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use.H6213H4196H68H1129H1496H5130H2719H2490 26Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it; if you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps.H5927H4609H4196H6172H1540


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