{"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/ylt/exodus/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:15:26.906Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"'And God speaketh all these words, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I am Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"'Thou hast no other Gods before Me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, — "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"'Thou dost not murder."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"'Thou dost not commit adultery."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"'Thou dost not steal."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces — that ye sin not.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye — ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 20 (YLT)","markdown":"[Exodus 20](https://primebible.com/ylt/exodus/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/exodus/20 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}