Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.
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Exodus 20:17:
'You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.'
(NIV)
You shall not covet your neighbor's house, your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. [Luke 12:15; Col. 3:5.](AMP)
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
(KJV)
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Exodus 5:1:
'Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.''
(NIV)
AFTERWARD MOSES and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.
(AMP)
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:7:
'You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.'
(NIV)
You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
(AMP)
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
(KJV)
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Exodus 21:22:
'If people are fighting and a pregnant woman is hit and gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows.'
(NIV)
If men contend with each other, and a pregnant woman [interfering] is hurt so that she has a miscarriage, yet no further damage follows, [the one who hurt her] shall surely be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman's husband, as much as the judges determine.
(AMP)
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
(KJV)
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Exodus 35:2:
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.
(NIV)
Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever works [on that day] shall be put to death.
(AMP)
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:16:
'You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.'
(NIV)
You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor. [Exod. 23:1; Prov. 19:9; 24:28.](AMP)
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:21:
The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
(NIV)
And the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
(AMP)
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:11:
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
(NIV)
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it [set it apart for His purposes].
(AMP)
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
(KJV)
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Exodus 34:6:
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, 'The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,'
(NIV)
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord! the Lord! a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth,
(AMP)
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
(KJV)
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Exodus 1:5:
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
(NIV)
All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
(AMP)
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
(KJV)
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Exodus 15:26:
He said, 'If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.'
(NIV)
Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you.
(AMP)
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
(KJV)
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See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way...
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Exodus 20:5:
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
(NIV)
You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, [Isa. 42:8; 48:11.](AMP)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
(KJV)
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He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Exodus 21:17
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Exodus 20:14:
'You shall not commit adultery.'
(NIV)
You shall not commit adultery. [Prov. 6:25, 26; Matt. 5:28; Rom. 1:24; Eph. 5:3.](AMP)
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(KJV)
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Exodus 3:1:
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
(NIV)
NOW MOSES kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back or west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb or Sinai, the mountain of God.
(AMP)
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:4:
'You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.'
(NIV)
You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth
(AMP)
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:8:
'Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.'
(NIV)
[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).
(AMP)
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
(KJV)
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Exodus 19:5:
Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine
(NIV)
Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine.
(AMP)
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
(KJV)
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Exodus 22:18:
'Do not allow a sorceress to live.'
(NIV)
You shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery.
(AMP)
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:15:
'You shall not steal.'
(NIV)
You shall not steal. [Prov. 11:1; 16:8; 21:6; 22:16; Jer. 17:11; Mal. 3:8.](AMP)
Thou shalt not steal.
(KJV)
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Exodus 12:1:
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt
(NIV)
THE LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt
(AMP)
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
(KJV)
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Exodus 3:14:
'God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.''
(NIV)
And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you!
(AMP)
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:12:
'Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.'
(NIV)
Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.
(AMP)
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
(KJV)
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Exodus 1:4:
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
(NIV)
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
(AMP)
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:13:
'You shall not murder.'
(NIV)
You shall not commit murder.
(AMP)
Thou shalt not kill.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:3:
'You shall have no other gods before me.'
(NIV)
You shall have no other gods before or besides Me.
(AMP)
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(KJV)
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Exodus 21:7:
'If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.'
(NIV)
If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out [in six years] as menservants do.
(AMP)
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
(KJV)
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