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Nash and the Bible—Side by Side

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1 Then God spoke all these words:

2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

3 you shall have no other gods before me.

4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,

6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.

9 For six days you shall labor and do all your work.

10 And the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your cattle, or the alien resident in your towns.

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.

12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 You shall not murder.

14 You shall not commit adultery.

15 You shall not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Line-by-line translation of the text
(Gaps in the original Hebrew text are indicated by brackets.)

1 [… I am Y]HWH, your God, who b[rough]t you out from the land of E[gypt.]

2 You [shall not have] other gods [before M]e. You shall not make [for yourselves an image]

3 [or any form] which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth [below,]

4 [or which is in the wat]ers below the earth. You shall not worship them, [and you shall not]

5 [serve them, because] I am YHWH, your God, a jealous God, visi[ting the iniquity of]

6 [the fathers upon son]s to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, [showing]

7 [fidelity to the thousands of ]those who love Me and to those who observe My commandments. You shall not [take up the]

8 [name of YHWH your Go]d in vain, because YHWH will not hold innocent [anyone who]

9 [takes up] His na[me] in vain. Remember the Sabbath day [to sanctify it.]

10 [Six day]s you shall labor, and you shall do all your work, but on [the seventh] day

11 [is a Sabbath for YHWH,] your God. You shall not do any work on it, [you,]

12 [and your son, and your daughter,] your male servant, your female servant, your ox, your ass, or any of [your animals,]

13 [or your foreigner who is] in your gates, for in six days, Y[HWH] made

14 [the heav]ens and the earth, the sea and all t[hat is in them,]

15 and He rested [on] the seventh [day.] Therefore, YHWH blessed the seventh

16 [day,] and He sanctified it. Honor your father and [your] mother [so that]

17 it will go well for you, and so that your days will be lengthened on the land [that]

18 YHWH, your God, is giving to you. Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. [Do] not

19 [ste]al. Do not tes[ti]fy against your neighbor as a false witness. Do not covet [the]

20 [wife of your neighbor. Do n]ot desire the h[ou]se of your neighbor, [his] field, [his male servant,]

21 [or his female servant, or] his o[x], or his ass, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. [The rest of this line is intentionally left blank in the manuscript.]

22 [And these are the sta]tutes and the laws which Moses commanded the [sons of]

23 [Israel] in the wilderness when they went out from the land of Egypt. Hea[r,]

24 [O Israe]l, YHWH, our God, YHWH, He is one. And [you shall love]

25 [YHWH, your] G[od with al]l [your hea]rt[…]

6 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

7 you shall have no other gods before me.

8 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me,

10 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

11 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

12 Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

13 For six days you shall labor and do all your work.

14 And the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your cattle, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.

15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

17 You shall not murder.

18 Neither shall you commit adultery.

19 Neither shall you steal.

20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

45 These are the decrees and the statutes and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites when they had come out of Egypt.

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.