| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. | 1Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. |
| 2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. | 2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. |
| 3He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. | 3It was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. |
| 4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. | 4The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. |
| 5At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said: | 5(At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said: |
| 6“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. | 6"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
| 7You shall have no other gods before Me. | 7"You shall have no other gods before me. |
| 8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. | 8"You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. |
| 9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, | 9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, |
| 10but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. | 10but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
| 11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. | 11"You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. |
| 12Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. | 12"Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. |
| 13Six days you shall labor and do all your work, | 13Six days you shall labor and do all your work, |
| 14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. | 14but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. |
| 15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. | 15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. |
| 16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. | 16"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 17You shall not murder. | 17"You shall not murder. |
| 18You shall not commit adultery. | 18"You shall not commit adultery. |
| 19You shall not steal. | 19"You shall not steal. |
| 20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. | 20"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
| 21You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” | 21"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." |
| 22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. | 22These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. |
| 23And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me, | 23When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders came to me. |
| 24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. | 24And you said, "The LORD our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them. |
| 25But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. | 25But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. |
| 26For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived? | 26For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? |
| 27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.” | 27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us whatever the LORD our God tells you. We will listen and obey." |
| 28And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. | 28The LORD heard you when you spoke to me, and the LORD said to me, "I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good. |
| 29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever. | 29Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! |
| 30Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’ | 30"Go, tell them to return to their tents. |
| 31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.” | 31But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess." |
| 32So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left. | 32So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. |
| 33You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. | 33Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. |
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