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20 “‘You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.
י 21 “‘You are not to desire[a] your neighbor’s wife nor crave your neighbor’s house,[b] his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor.’”

Moses Recalls God’s Warnings

22 “The Lord declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire[c] and dark clouds,[d] and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:21 Lit. to covet; i.e. to set your heart on
  2. Deuteronomy 5:21 Or neighbor’s family dynasty
  3. Deuteronomy 5:22 LXX Sam Pentateuch read dark; cf. Deut 4:11
  4. Deuteronomy 5:22 Lit. cloud and thick darkness