{"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/kjv/exodus/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:21:12.816Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, which have 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 any graven image, or any likeness <i>of any thing</i> that <i>is</i> in heaven above, or that <i>is</i> in the earth beneath, or that <i>is</i> in the water under the earth:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD 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 labour, and do all thy work:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But the seventh day <i>is</i> the sabbath of the LORD thy God: <i>in it</i> thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that <i>is</i> within thy gates:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For <i>in</i> six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them <i>is</i>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 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 neighbour."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that <i>is</i> thy neighbour's."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw <i>it</i>, they removed, 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 your faces, that ye sin not."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God <i>was</i>."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold."},{"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 all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: 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 discovered thereon."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 20 (KJV)","markdown":"[Exodus 20](https://primebible.com/kjv/exodus/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/exodus/20 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}