{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T11:21:53.290Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And God spake all these words, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou shalt not kill."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt not commit adultery."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shalt not steal."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 20 (ASV)","markdown":"[Exodus 20](https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/exodus/20 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}