Devarim 5 דברים ה׳

Moshe called all of Yisroel and said to them, ‘‘Hear, Yisroel, the statutes and the laws that I am relating in your presence today, for you are to study them and to be careful to fulfill them.

Adonoy, our God, made a covenant with us at Choreiv.

Not [only] with our fathers did Adonoy make this covenant, but with us, we who are here today, all of us alive.

Face to face Adonoy spoke with you at the mountain from within the fire.

I was standing between Adonoy and you at that time, to tell you Adonoy’s word, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up on the mountain, saying:

‘‘I am Adonoy, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, the house of slavery.

You will not have any other gods in My Presence.

Do not make for yourself a statue of any representation that is in the skies above or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water beneath the earth.

Do not bow to them, and do not serve them, for I am Adonoy, your God, jealous Almighty, Who reckons the sin of parents for children and for the third generation and for the fourth generation of My enemies,

and performs kindliness for thousands [of generations] for those who love Me and for those who guard My commandments.

Do not swear using the Name of Adonoy, your God, in vain; for Adonoy will not hold innocent whoever swears by His Name in vain.

Preserve the day of Shabbos to sanctify it, as Adonoy, your God, commanded you.

Six days will you work and perform all your labor,

but the seventh day, Shabbos for Adonoy, your God, do not perform any labor—you, your son and your daughter, your male slave and your female slave, your ox and your donkey and all your animals, and the non-Jew who dwells in your cities—in order that your male slave will rest—and your female slave—like you.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Adonoy, your God, took you out of there with a strong hand and an extended arm. That is why Adonoy, your God, commanded you to celebrate the Shabbos day.

Honor your father and your mother in the way Adonoy, your God, commanded you; in order that you live long and in order that you have it good on the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you.

Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. And do not kidnap. And do not testify against your neighbor in vain.

And do not covet your neighbor’s wife. And do not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male slave or his female slave, his ox or his donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.’’

These words did Adonoy address to your entire assemblage at the mountain from within the fire, the cloud, and the thick cloud—a voice great and without cessation. He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and He gave them to me.

When you heard the voice from within the darkness, as the mountain burned with fire, you approached me—all the leaders of your tribes and your elders.

You said, ‘‘Look! Adonoy, our God, showed us His glory and His greatness, and His voice we heard from within the fire; today we saw that God can address man and he will survive.

Now, why should we die when this great fire will consume us? If we continue to hear the voice of Adonoy, our God, any longer we will die.

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking from within the fire like us, and survived?

Approach—yourself—and listen to everything that Adonoy, our God, says; and you will tell us everything that Adonoy, our God, tells you and we will accept and fulfill.

Adonoy heard the intent of your words when you spoke to me; and Adonoy said to me, ‘‘ I have heard the intent of this people’s words that they spoke to you—everything they said is excellent.

I wish they would retain their present attitude to fear Me and to preserve all My commandments always; so that they and their children benefit forever.

Go say to them, ‘Return for yourselves to your tents.’

You, however, remain here with Me, and I will tell you all the mitzvohs and the statutes and the laws that you will teach them; and they will fulfill [them] in the land that I am giving them to inherit.’’

You will be careful to fulfill as Adonoy, your God, has commanded you; do not deviate right or left.

Along the entire way that Adonoy, your God, commanded you, shall you go; in order that you live and enjoy good, and you live long in the land that you are inheriting.