540 - Moses Reviews the Ten Commandments

​Moses  Reviews the Ten Commandments

Moses called all of Israel to gather, and said to them: 

“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments, which I speak,  in your hearing today, …that you may learn them …and be careful to observe them. The Lord, our God, made a covenant with us, in Horeb.

The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, …all of us, who are alive. 

The Lord talked with you, face to face, on the mountain, from the midst of the fire. I stood between the Lord and you, at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; …for you were afraid, because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. 

The Lord said:

‘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, for yourself, a carved image—any likeness, of anything, that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water, under the earth; …you shall not  bow  down to them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God,  visiting the iniquity of the fathers, upon the children, to the third and fourth generations, of those who hate Me, …but showing mercy, to thousands, for those who love Me …and  keep My commandments.

‘You shall not take the Name of the Lord, your God, in vain, for the Lord will not hold him  guiltless, who takes His name in vain.

‘Observe the Sabbath day, to  keep it holy, as the Lord, your God, commanded you. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, …but the seventh day is the  Sabbath of the Lord, your God. In it, you shall do no 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 cattle, nor the stranger, who is within your gates, …that your male servant and your female servant may rest, as well as you. 

And remember, that you were a slave, in the land of Egypt, …and the Lord, your God, brought you out from there, by His mighty hand and 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, has commanded you,  …that your days may be long, …and that it may be well with  you, in the land, which the Lord, your God, is giving you.

‘You shall not murder.

‘You shall not commit adultery.

‘You shall not steal.

‘You shall not bear false witness, against your neighbor.

‘You shall not covet (or desire) your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, nor his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

“These words …the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain, from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, …with a loud voice; …and He added no more. 

And  He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 5:23–33 (NLT)

Praise be to God!





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