Exodus · Chapter 20

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak alle þes wordes to Moyſes, Y am þe Lord þi God, þat haþ lad þee out of þe loond of Egipte, fro þe hows of þraldom. Þow ſhalt not haue alyen goddis before me. Þow ſhalt not mak to þee grauen þing, ne eny liknes þat is in heuene aboue, and þat is in erþe beneþe, ne of hem þat ben in watrys vnder erþe; þow ſhalt not anoure hem, ne herye hem; I forſoþe am þe Lord þi God, ſtrong gelows, viſitynge þe wickidnes of fadris in ſones into þe þridde and þe ferþe generacioun of hem þat hatiden me, and doynge merci into þouſyndes to hem þat louen me, and kepen myn heeſtis.

Þow ſhalt not tak þe name of þe Lord þi God in veyn, ne forſoþe þe Lord ſhal haue innocent hym, þat takiþ þe name of þe Lord his God in ydel. Haue mynde to halwe þin holy day; ſixe daies þow ſhalt worche, and doon alle þi werkis; þe ſeuenþe forſoþe day is þe haliday of þe Lord þi God; þow ſhalt not doon al werk, þow, and þi ſone, and þi dowȝter, and þi ſeruaunt, and þin handmayden, þi beeſte, and comlyng þat is wiþ ynne þi ȝatis; ſixe forſoþe daies God made heuene and erþe, þe ſee, and alle þingis þat ben in hem, and he reſtide þe ſeuenþe day; þerfore þe Lord bliſſide to þe holi day, and halwide it.

Honour þi fader and þi moder, þat þou be of long lijf vpon erþe, þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee. Þow ſhalt not ſlee. Þow ſhalt do no leccherye. Þow ſhalt not do þefte. Þow ſhalt not ſpek aȝens þi neiȝbore fals witnes. Þow ſhalt not coueyte þe hows of þi neiȝbore, ne þow ſhalt deſyre þe wijf of hym, ne ſeruaunt, ne hoondmayden, ne oxe, ne aſſe, ne alle þingis þat ben of hym. Al þe puple forſoþe herde voyces, and ſawȝ lawmpes, and herde þe ſown of þe trompe, and þe hil ſmokynge; and ferde and ſmitun togidere wiþ vttermore drede, þei ſtoden afer, ſeiynge to Moyſes, Spek þow to vs, and we ſhulen here; ſpek not þe Lord to vs, leſt perauenture we dien.

And Moyſes ſeide to þe puple, Wole ȝe not drede, þat forſoþe God proue ȝow he cam, and þat þe drede of hym were in ȝow, and þat ȝe ſynnen not. And þe puple ſtood afer; Moyſes forſoþe cam nyȝ to þe derknes, in þe which was God. And þe Lord ſeide forþermore to Moyſes, Þes þingis þow ſhalt ſeye to þe ſones of Yrael, Ȝe han ſeen þat from heuene I haue ſpokun to ȝow; ȝe ſhulen not mak wiþ me ſilueren goddis, ne goldun goddis ȝe ſhulen mak to ȝow. An auter of erþe ȝe ſhulen mak to me, and ȝe ſhulen offre vpon it ȝoure brent ſacrifices, and peſible, ȝoure ſheep, and oxen, in al place in þe which ſhal be mynde of my name; I ſhal com to þee, and Y ſhal bleſſe to þee.

Þat if a ſtonen auter þow makiſt to me, þow ſhalt not edifie þat of hewun ſtoons; if forſoþe þow reriſt þi grauynge yrun vpon it, it ſhal be polutid. Þow ſhalt not ſtey vp bi greeſes to myn auteer, leſt þi filþe be ſhewyd.