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And it came to pass that Moses called all the congregation of Israel and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutesa and ordinancesb which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
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YHVHa, our Elohimb, made a covenant with us at the Mount of Ha’Elohimc; yea, YHVH spoke with you face to faced in the mount out of the midst of the fire, saying:
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¶ Thou shalt love YHVH, thy Elohim, with all thy hearta, and with all thy might, and with all thy strength:
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Thou shalt adore Him, and serve Him, and obey Him.
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Thou shalt have no other elohima before thee.
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Thou shalt not make thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the abyss beneath the earth; to bow thyself unto it, or to worship it.
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Thou shalt not bow thyself down unto them nor serve them nor adore anything that thine eye beholdeth, or thy imagination conceiveth of;
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But thou shall bow down thyself unto, YHVH thy Elohim, only;
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For YHVH, thy Elohim, is a jealous Goda, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children from generation to generation, even upon all that hate him, and showing a multitude of mercies unto them that keep his mitzvothb.
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¶ Thou shalt not take the name of YHVH, thy Elohim, in vaina:
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Thou shalt not usurp dominion as a ruler; for the name of YHVH, thy Elohim, is great and glorious above all other names.
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YHVH is above all, and is the only true Elohim; the only just and upright Kinga over all;
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He alone hath the right to rule; and in The Namea, only they to whom YHVH granteth it.
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And whosoever is not chosen of YHVH, the same is a usurper, and unholy:
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YHVH will not acquit any that taketh The Name in vain, serving not YHVH.
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¶ Keep the Sabbath of the Seventh Daya holy, to sanctify it:
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Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHVH, thy Elohim;
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In it thou shalt not do any work; not 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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For in six agesa did Ha’Elohimb makec the Heavens and the Earth, the sea and the abyss and all which in them are,
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And Theya rested on the seventh day; therefore, did YHVH, bless the seventh day to sanctify it.
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Thou shalt keep it holy unto YHVH, that thou forget not the Toraha, nor be found keeping the company of the vile, nor be despised by the righteous.
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¶ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself:
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Thou shalt not revile them, nor speak evil of them, nor cursea them.
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Thou shalt do no injustice unto them; and thou shalt maintain their rights against their enemies;
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Thou shalt not exact rigorously of them, nor turn aside from relieving them.
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Thou shalt deliver them from the snare and the pit, and shalt return their ox when he strayeth;
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Thou shalt comfort them when they mourna, and nurture them when they sicken;
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Thou shalt not abate the price of what thou buyest of them, for their necessity; nor shalt thou exact of them, because they leaneth upon thee;
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For in so doing thousands shall rise up and call thee blessed, and YHVH, thy Elohim, shall strengthen thee in all the work of thy hand.
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¶ Honor thy father and thy mother; give heed to their commandmentsa, obey their lawsb, and depart not from their preceptsc:
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Reverence their age, and seek unto their house all the days of thy life;
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Exalt not thyself against them, nor withhold to build up their house above thine own.
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Honor and obey the kinga and the judges, and the rulers, and all that are set in authority; for they are as fathersb among the people, that they may be a fear unto evil doers;
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Honor the Priesta also, who stands before YHVH, that he may instruct thee and thy days shall be long upon the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee.
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¶ Thou shalt not murdera.
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Thou shalt slay no man or woman in malice; neither thy child, nor thy wife, nor thy bondman, nor thy bondwoman, nor thy servant, nor the child of thy servant.
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Neither shalt thou slay thine enemy, except thou admonisha them, and entreatb them, and they hear thee not, and Ha’Elohim give them into thy handc; and thou shalt only slay them in lawfuld war.
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And if anyone should trespass against thee, and break through, and do violence, thou shalt not slay them in revenge;
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But if thou overtake them in their trespass, thou mayest resist unto blood;
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Yet except thou slay them in the trespass, thou shalt deliver them to the judge; and the judge shall judge them, and the hand of the officer shall be on them.
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Thou shalt not in any wise lie with the wife of thy neighbor; and if she seduce thee, thou shalt resist her that thou pollute not thyself, and make not the place of thy house unclean, and destroy not the house of thy neighbor, and that thou cause no violence in the land.
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Thou shalt not lie with the wife of the stranger; neither shalt thou lie with the wife of thine enemy; lest thy children be scattered abroad, and know not thee, nor the fear of thee be upon them, and they be strangers to the covenant of YHVH, and the whole land be corrupt, and thine offspring be destroyed with the wicked.
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Thou shalt not trespass upon anything that is belonging to thy neighbor, to take it from them, nor to destroy it;
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Neither shalt thou trespass upon the stranger that dwelleth within thy gates, to destroy their substance, nor to take it from them;
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For to thee shall they seek for justice, and a shield round about all that they hath; and the fear of YHVH, thy Elohim, is upon them also, and to thy righteousness these will seek;
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Neither shalt thou overreach them by cunning, nor by stratagem, to take for thyself the substance of thy neighbor, nor the stranger within thy gates.
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Remember that ye were strangers, and were oppressed, and oppress not the stranger, lest their cry ascend to YHVH against you.
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¶ Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor:
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Thou shalt not speak falsely before a king, nor before a judge, nor in the assembly of rulers, nor in the presence of a ruler, nor unto the Priest, nor among the multitude;
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Nor in the ear of thy friend, nor to thy wife, nor thy child, nor thy servant.
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Thou shall not withhold the truth from a king, nor a judge, nor anyone that is set in authority, for thus shall righteousness be established in all thy borders.
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¶ Thou shalt not covet the inheritance of thy neighbors:
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Thou shalt not covet the house of thy neighbors, nor their bondman, nor their bondwoman, nor their manservant, nor their maidservant, nor their horse, nor their carriage, nor the instruments of their labor, nor the produce of their land, nor the things that they have made, nor the treasures they have in their storehouse, nor anything that is thy neighbors’.
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Thy desire shall not be upon them, to take them by stealtha, nor by fraud, nor by cunning, nor by violence;
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Neither shalt thou covet that which belongeth to the stranger that dwelleth within thy gates;
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Yea, thou shalt improve thine own, and thy desire shall be unto it; lest thou be corrupt, and the hand of thy neighbors be against thee, and the cry of the poor ascend to YHVH against thee.
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¶ Ye shall observe all my ordinances and all my customs and do them; I am YHVH. _
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¶ And these are the words YHVH spoke unto all your assembly in the Mount of Ha’Elohima, out of the midst of the fire, out of the darkness of the cloud, and out of the thick of the darkness, with a great voice.
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And YHVH wrote all these and more in two tables of stone and delivered them unto me.
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¶ And it came to pass that when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, that you came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes and your Elders;
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And you said: Behold, YHVH, our Elohim, hath showed us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire;
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Behold, we have seen this day that YHVH doth talk with man, and we live:
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Now, therefore, why should we die? This great fire will not consume us if we hear the voicea of YHVH, our Elohim, anymore;
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For whom but we is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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But thou, Moses; go near and hear all that YHVH, our Elohim, shall say; and speak thou unto us all that YHVH, our Elohim, shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.
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¶ And YHVH heard the voice of your words when ye spoke unto me; and YHVH said unto me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee;
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They have well said all that they have spoken; O, that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my mitzvotha always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
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Go now; say to them: Get you into your tents again.
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But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the mitzvoth, and the ordinancesa, and the customsb which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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You shall observe to do, therefore, all that YHVH, your Elohim, hath commandeda you; you shall not turn aside to the right handb or to the left.
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You shall walk in all the ways which YHVH, your Elohim, hath commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.