Handout #7
About commandments
Exodus 20:1-17
1. Then God
spoke all these
words:
I am the LORD
your God, who
brought you out of
the land of Egypt,b
out of the house of
slavery.
3You shall not
have other gods
beside me.*
4You shall not
make for
yourself an idolc
or a likeness of
anything* in the
heavens above
or on the earth
below or in the
waters beneath
the earth;
5you shall not
bow down
before them or
serve them.d For
I, the LORD, your
God, am a
jealous God,
inflicting
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Deuteronomy 5:6-21
The Decalogue.
6d I am the LORD
your God, who
brought you out of
the land of Egypt,e
out of the house of
slavery.
7f You shall not
have other gods
beside me.
8You shall not
make for yourself
an idol or a
likeness of
anything in the
heavens above or
on the earth below
or in the waters
beneath the earth;
9* you shall not
bow down before
them or serve
them. For I, the
LORD, your God,
am a jealous* God,
bringing
punishment for
their parents’
wickedness on the
children of those
who hate me,
Exodus 32:10-26
10. The LORD
said: Here is
the covenant I
will make.
Before all
your people I
will perform
marvels never
before done*
in any nation
anywhere on
earth, so that
all the people
among whom
you live may
see the work
of the LORD.
Awe-inspiring
are the deeds
I will perform
with you!
11As for you,
observe what
I am
commanding
you today.d
See, I am
about to drive
out before
you the
Amorites,
punishment for
their ancestors’
wickedness on
the children of
those who hate
me, down to the
third and fourth
generation*;
6but showing
love down to the
thousandth
generation of
those who love
me and keep my
commandments.
7You shall not
invoke the name of
the LORD, your
God, in vain.* e For
the LORD will not
leave unpunished
anyone who
invokes his name
in vain.
8Remember the
sabbath day—keep
it holy.*
9Six days you
may labor and
do all your work,
10but the
seventh day is a
sabbath of the
LORD your God.f
You shall not do
down to the third
and fourth
generation,
10but showing
love down to the
thousandth
generation of
those who love me
and keep my
commandments.11
You shall not
invoke the name
of the LORD, your
God, in vain.g For
the LORD will not
leave unpunished
anyone who
invokes his name
in vain.12 h
Observe the
sabbath day—keep
it holy, as the
LORD, your God,
commanded you.
13Six days you
may labor and do
all your work,
14
but the seventh
day is a sabbath of
the LORD your
God. You shall not
do any work,
either you, your
son or your
Canaanites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
Hivites and
Jebusites.
12e Take care
not to make a
covenant with
the
inhabitants of
the land that
you are to
enter; lest
they become a
snare among
you.
13 Tear down
their altars;
smash their
sacred stones,
and cut down
their
asherahs.*
14 You shall
not bow down
to any other
god, for the
LORD—
“Jealous”* his
name—is a
jealous God.
15 Do not
make a
covenant with
the
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any work, either
you, your son or
your daughter,
your male or
female slave,
your work
animal, or the
resident alien
within your
gates.
11For in six days
the LORD made
the heavens and
the earth, the
sea and all that
is in them; but
on the seventh
day he rested.g
That is why the
LORD has
blessed the
sabbath day and
made it holy.*
12* h Honor your
father and your
mother, that you
may have a long
life in the land the
LORD your God is
giving you.i
13You shall not
kill.* j
14You shall not
commit adultery.k
15You shall not
daughter, your
male or female
slave, your ox or
donkey or any
work animal, or
the resident alien
within your gates,
so that your male
and female slave
may rest as you
do.
15Remember that
you too were once
slaves in the land
of Egypt, and the
LORD, your God,
brought you out
from there with a
strong hand and
outstretched arm.
That is why the
LORD, your God,
has commanded
you to observe the
sabbath day.
16i Honor your father
and your mother, as
the LORD, your God,
has commanded you,
that you may have a
long life and that you
may prosper in the
land the LORD your
God is giving you.
17j You shall not kill.*
inhabitants of
the land; else,
when they
prostitute
themselves
with their
gods and
sacrifice to
them, one of
them may
invite you and
you may
partake of the
sacrifice.
16 And when
you take their
daughters as
wives for your
sons, and
their
daughters
prostitute
themselves
with their
gods, they will
make your
sons do the
same.
17 You shall not
make for
yourselves
molten gods.f
18 You shall keep
the festival of
Unleavened
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steal.l
16You shall not
bear false witness
against your
neighbor.m
17You shall not
covet your
neighbor’s house.
You shall not covet
your neighbor’s
wife, his male or
female slave, his ox
or donkey, or
anything that
belongs to your
neighbor.n
You shall not
commit adultery.
19l You shall not
steal.
20m You shall not
bear dishonest
witness against your
neighbor.
21n You shall not
covet your neighbor’s
wife. You shall not
desire your
neighbor’s house or
field, his male or
female slave, his ox
or donkey, or
anything that
belongs to your
neighbor.
18k
Bread.g For
seven days at the
appointed time
in the month of
Abib you are to
eat unleavened
bread, as I
commanded
you; for in the
month of Abib
you came out of
Egypt.
19 To me belongs
every male that
opens the womb
among all your
livestock,
whether in the
herd or in the
flock.h
20The firstling
of a donkey
you shall
redeem with a
lamb; if you
do not
redeem it, you
must break its
neck. The
firstborn
among your
sons you shall
redeem.
No one shall
appear before
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Abbreviated Catholic
Abbreviated Protestant
Ten Commandments:
Ten Commandments:
1. I, the Lord, am
1. You shall have no
your God. You
other gods but me.
shall not have
2. You shall not make
other gods
unto you any
besides me.
graven images
2. You shall not
3. You shall not take
take the name of
the name of the
the Lord God in
Lord your God in
vain
vain
3. Remember to
4. You shall
keep holy the
remember the
Lord's Day
Sabbath and keep
4. Honor your
it holy
father and your
5. Honor your mother
mother
and father
5. You shall not kill
6. You shall not
6. You shall not
murder
commit adultery
7. You shall not
7. You shall not
commit adultery
steal
8. You shall not steal
8. You shall not
9. You shall not bear
bear false
false witness
witness
10. You shall not covet
9. You shall not
anything that
covet your
belongs to your
neighbor's wife
neighbor
10. You shall not
covet your
neighbor's goods
me emptyhanded.
21Six days you
may labor,i but
on the seventh
day you shall
rest; even during
the seasons of
plowing and
harvesting you
must rest.
22 j You shall
keep the feast of
Weeks with the
first fruits of the
wheat harvest,
likewise, the
feast of the
Ingathering at
the close of the
year.*
23 Three times
a year all your
men shall
appear before
the Lord, the
LORD God of
Israel.
24 Since I will
drive out the
nations before
you and
enlarge your
territory, no
one will covet
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your land
when you go
up three
times a year
to appear
before the
LORD, your
God.
25 You shall not
offer me the
blood of sacrifice
with anything
leavened, nor
shall the
sacrifice of the
Passover feast be
kept overnight
for the next day.
26 The choicest
first fruits of
your soil you
shall bring to the
house of the
LORD, your God.
You shall not
boil a young goat
in its mother’s
milk.k
The biblical text was accessed at (www.usccb.org/bible) on 1028-2014
Abbreviated Catholic and Protestant commandments were
accessed at
(http://atheism.about.com/od/tencommandments/a/prot_cath_
3.htm) on 10-28-2014
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