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And Mosescalled all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
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The LORD our Godmade a covenant with us in Horeb.
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The LORDmade not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
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The LORDtalked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
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I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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Thou shalt have none othergodsbefore me.
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Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heavenabove, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealousGod, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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And shewingmercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
12Keep the sabbathday to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
13Sixdays thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
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But the seventhday is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
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And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy Godbrought thee out thence through a mightyhand and by a stretched outarm: therefore the LORD thy Godcommanded thee to keep the sabbathday.
16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy Godgiveth thee.
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
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Neither shalt thou steal.
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Neither shalt thou bearfalsewitness against thy neighbour.
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Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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These words the LORDspake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a greatvoice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in twotables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,(for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
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Now therefore why should we die? for this greatfire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
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For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the livingGodspeaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
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And the LORDheard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORDsaid unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have wellsaid all that they have spoken.
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O that there were suchanheart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandmentsalways, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
30Gosay to them, Get you into your tentsagain.
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But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
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Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.