The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Deuteronomy 05
1 Moses called to all Israel, and said to
them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today,
that youmay learnthem, andobserve todo
them.”
2 Yahweh our God made a covenant with
us in Horeb.
3 Yahweh didn’t make this covenant with
our fathers, but with us, even us, who are
all of us here alive today.
4 Yahweh spoke with you face to face on
the mountain out of the middle of the fire,
5 (I stood between Yahweh and you at
that time, to show you Yahweh’s word; for
you were afraid because of the fire, and
didn’t go up onto the mountain) saying,
6 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.
7 “You shall have no other gods before
me.
8 “You shall not make a carved image for
yourself—any likeness of whatis in heaven
above, or what is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth.
9 You shall not bow yourself down to
them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your
God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children and on the
third and on the fourth generation ofthose
who hate me
10 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my
commandments.
11 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God;† for Yahweh will not hold
him guiltless who misuses his name.
12 “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy, as Yahweh your God commanded
you.
13 You shall labor six days, and do all
your work;
14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to
Yahweh your God, in which you shall not
do any work—neither you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, nor your male servant,
nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor
your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor
your stranger who is within your gates;
that your male servant and your female
servant may rest as well as you.
15 You shall remember that you were a
servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh
your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm.
Therefore Yahweh your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 “Honor your father and your mother,
as Yahweh your God commanded you, that
your days may be long and that it may go
well with you in the land which Yahweh
your God gives you.
17 “You shall not murder.
18 “You shall not commit adultery.
19 “You shall not steal.
20 “You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbor.
21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s
wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant,
or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey,
or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
22 Yahweh spoke these words to all your
assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick
darkness, with a great voice. He added no
more. He wrote them on two stone tablets,
and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the
middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near
tome, evenalltheheads of your tribes, and
your elders;
24 and you said, “Behold, Yahweh our
God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of
the middle of the fire. We have seen today
that God does speak with man, and he
lives.
25 Now therefore, why should we die?
For this great fire will consume us. If we
hear Yahweh our God’s voice any more,
then we shall die.
26 For who is there of all flesh who has
heard the voice of the living God speaking
out of the middle of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our
God shall say, and tell us all that Yahweh
our God tells you; and we will hear it, and
do it.”
28 Yahweh heard the voice of your words
when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to
me, “I have heard the voice of the words
of this people which they have spoken to
you. They have well said all that they have
spoken.
29 Oh that there were such a heart in
them that they would fear me and keep all
my commandments always, that it might
be well with them and with their children
forever!
30 “Go tell them, ‘Return to your tents.’
31 But as for you, stand here by me, and
I will tell you all the commandments, and
the statutes, and the ordinances, which
you shall teach them, that they may do
them in the land which I give them to
possess.”
32 You shall observe to do therefore as
Yahweh your God has commanded you.
You shall not turn away to the right hand
or to the left.
33 You shall walk in all the way which
Yahweh your God has commanded you,
that you may live and that it may be well
with you, and that you may prolong your
days in the land which you shall possess.