Ten Commandments

Here are the Ten Commandments:

(That God gave to Moses, on two stone tablets).

1) You shall worship no other gods other than Me.

2) You shall not create any image to worship it, including anything in the heavens above, or on the earth, or in the sea. You must never bow down or worship these things in any way; for I, the Lord your God, am very possessive of your affections. And when I punish people for their sins, this punishment continues upon all those who hate Me, right down through the different generations, but I lavish My love upon thousands of people who love Me and who obey My commands.

3) You shall not use the name of the Lord your God irreverently, for you will be guilty if you misuse My name.

4) Remember to keep the Sabbath day as a special day, which is set aside for you to think about the Lord your God. Six days a week are for your regular work, but the seventh day is a day of rest to the Lord your God. On that day you are to do no work, neither should anybody in your household. For in six days the Lord made the heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore He made the Sabbath day special.

5) Give honour to your father and mother, so that you may have a long and good life in the land the Lord your God will give to you.

6) You must not murder anyone.

7) If you are married, you must not sleep with anyone else other than your partner.

8) You must not steal.

9) You must not lie.

10) You must not be envious of other people's possessions, or their family, or of who or what they are."

(based on the original text, but written in an easy to read style, by P.Reason).

(The numbers relate to the 10 commandments and not to the verse numbers in Exodus).

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