Deuteronomy 5

Modern

Literal

The Covenant at Horeb

¹Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:^a

Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

¹And Moses called unto all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.

²The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.^a

²YHWH our God made with us a covenant in Horeb.

³He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

³Not with our fathers did YHWH make this covenant, but with us—we, these here today, all of us who are alive.

⁴The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

⁴YHWH spoke with you Face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire.

The Ten Commandments

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:

⁵I stood between YHWH and between you at that time, to declare to you the word of YHWH; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. 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 YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

⁷You shall have no other gods before Me.^a

⁷You 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.

⁸You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water beneath the earth.

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 and you shall not serve them, for I, YHWH your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and on the third and fourth of those hating Me,

¹⁰but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations^a of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

¹⁰and showing loving devotion to thousands, to those loving Me and keeping 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.

¹¹You shall not lift up the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless him who lifts up His name in vain.

¹²Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

¹²Observe the day of the Sabbath, to keep it holy, as YHWH your God has commanded you.

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.

¹⁴and the seventh day is the Sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and your ox, and your donkey, and any of your cattle, and your sojourner who is within your gates—that your manservant and your maidservant may rest like you.

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.

¹⁵And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Upon thus YHWH your God commanded you to keep 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.^a

¹⁶Honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, that it may be well with you in the land that YHWH your God is giving to you.

¹⁷You shall not murder.^a

¹⁷You shall not murder.

¹⁸You shall not commit adultery.^a

¹⁸And you shall not commit adultery.

¹⁹You shall not steal.^a

¹⁹And you shall not steal.

²⁰You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.^a

²⁰And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

²¹You shall not covet^a 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.”

²¹And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that is unto your neighbor.”

Moses Intercedes for the People

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 words YHWH spoke to all your assembly in the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, in a loud voice. And He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone 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,

²³And it came to pass when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and while the mountain was burning with the fire, that you came near to me—all the heads of your tribes and your elders,

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, “Surely YHWH our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that God speaks with man, and he has lived.

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.

²⁵And now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us if we add to hear the voice of YHWH our God anymore, and we shall die.

²⁶For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

²⁶For who of all flesh is he who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we, and lived?

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.”

²⁷Draw near, you, and hear all that YHWH our God may say. And you tell to us all that YHWH our God says to you, and we will listen and do it.”

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.

²⁸And YHWH heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and YHWH said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people that they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken.

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.

²⁹O that their heart had been given thus, to fear Me and to keep all My commandments all the days, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!

³⁰Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

³⁰Go and say to them, ‘Return to your 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.”

³¹And you, stand here by Me and I will speak to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances that you shall teach them, and they will do them in the land that I am giving to 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.

³²And you shall take heed to do as YHWH your God has commanded you; you shall 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.

³³In all the ways that YHWH your God has commanded you, you shall walk, so that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that you shall possess.