Dual Panel1God spoke all these words:
2I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3You must have no other god besides me.
4You must not make a carved image for yourself, nor the likeness of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.
5You must not bow down to them in worship; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me.
6But I keep faith with thousands, those who love me and keep my commandments.
7You must not make wrong use of the name of the LORD your God; the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.
8Remember to keep the sabbath day holy.
9You have six days to labour and do all your work;
10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; that day you must not do any work, neither you, nor your son or your daughter, your slave or your slave-girl, your cattle, or the alien residing among you;
11for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and declared it holy.
12Honour your father and your mother, so that you may enjoy long life in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13Do not commit murder.
14Do not commit adultery.
15Do not steal.
16Do not give false evidence against your neighbour.
17Do not covet your neighbour's household: you must not covet your neighbour's wife, his slave, his slave-girl, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to him.
18WHEN all the people saw how it thundered and the lightning flashed, when they heard the trumpet sound and saw the mountain in smoke, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance
19and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us or we shall die.”
20Moses answered, “Do not be afraid. God has come only to test you, so that the fear of him may remain with you and preserve you from sinning.”
21So the people kept their distance, while Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.
22THE LORD said to Moses, Say this to the Israelites: You know now that I have spoken from heaven to you.
23You must not make gods of silver to be worshipped besides me, nor may you make yourselves gods of gold.
24The altar you make for me is to be of earth, and you are to sacrifice on it both your whole-offerings and your shared-offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be invoked, I will come to you and bless you.
25If you make an altar of stones for me, you must not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a tool on them, you profane them.
26You must not mount up to my altar by steps, in case your private parts are exposed over against it.