The Fifth Book of Moses: Deuteronomy

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- Chapter 5 -

Moses called to all Israel and said to them, “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and the decrees that I will speak in your ears today, that you may learn them and keep them.

Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Yahweh did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with us, all of us alive here today.

Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mount out of the middle of the fire.

The Ten Commandments

(Exodus 20:1–17)

I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to reveal to you his word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. Yahweh said,

’I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You will have no other gods before me.

You will not make for yourself a carved figure nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below.

You will not bow down to them or serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors’ wickedness by bringing punishment on the children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

and showing covenant faithfulness to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.

You will not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.

For six days you will labor and do all your work;

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. On it you will not do any work-not 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 cattle, nor any foreigner who is within your gates. This is so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

You will call to mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore, Yahweh your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God has commanded you to do, that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and so that it may go well with you.

You will not murder.

You will not commit adultery.

You will not steal.

You will not give false witness against your neighbor.

You will not covet your neighbor’s wife, you will not covet your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Moses Intercedes for the People

(Exodus 20:18–21; Hebrews 12:18–29)

These words Yahweh spoke in a loud voice to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness; he did not add any more words. He wrote them down on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

It came about, when you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning, that you came near to me-all your elders and the heads of your tribes.

You said, ’Look, 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 when God speaks with people, they can live.

But why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, we will die.

For who besides us is there among all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speak out of the middle of the fire and lived, as we have done?

As for you, you should go and listen to everything that Yahweh our God says; repeat to us everything that Yahweh our God says to you; we will listen to it and obey it.’

Yahweh heard your words when you spoke to me. He said to me, ’I have heard the words of this people, what they said to you. What they said was good.

Oh, that there were such a heart in them, that they would honor me and always keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their children forever!

Go say to them, “Return to your tents.”

But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes, and the decrees that you will teach them, so that they may keep them in the land that I will give them to possess.’

You will keep, therefore, what Yahweh your God has commanded you; you will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

You will walk in all the ways that Yahweh your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and so that it may go well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.”

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The LORD didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.

The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,

The Ten Commandments

(Exodus 20:1–17)

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the LORD’s word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn’t go up onto the mountain) saying,

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me

and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God;(a) for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.

You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD 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.

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not steal.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“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.”

Moses Intercedes for the People

(Exodus 20:18–21; Hebrews 12:18–29)

The LORD 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.

When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

and you said, “Behold, the LORD 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.

Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the LORD our God’s voice any more, then we shall die.

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?

Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say, and tell us all that the LORD our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.”

The LORD heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and the LORD 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.

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!

“Go tell them, ‘Return to your tents.’

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.”

You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.

You shall walk in all the way which the LORD 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.

Footnotes

(a)5:11 or, You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain;