10 Commandments – Deuteronomy 5:6–19 In The Leningrad Codex


אָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣֥ית עֲבָדִֽ֑ים׃

ו

6

I am Yehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.


לֹ֣א יִהְיֶ֥ה־לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל־פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃

ז

7

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.


לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙ ׀ כָּל־תְּמוּנָ֔֡ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ ׀ מִמַּ֔֡עַל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתָּ֑֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם ׀ מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ׃

ח

8

Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of 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.


לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָב֧וֹת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים וְעַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑ו׃

ט

9

Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I Yehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me,


וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה חֶ֖֙סֶד֙ לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽו מצותו׃ ס

י

10

and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments. {S}


לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַשָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ ס

יא

11

Thou shalt not lift up the name of Yehovah thy God as to declare Him worthless; for Yehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name falsely. {S}


שָׁמ֣֛וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם֩ הַשַׁבָּ֖֨ת לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀ יְהוָ֥֣ה אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת יָמִ֣ים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ כָּֿל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒ וְי֙וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔י שַׁבָּ֖֣ת ׀ לַיהוָ֖֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה כָל־מְלָאכָ֡ה אַתָּ֣ה וּבִנְךָֽ־וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃

יב

12

Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yehovah thy God commanded thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Yehovah thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.


וְזָכַרְתָּ֞֗ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֙יתָ֙ ׀ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֤֥ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַׁבָּֽת׃ ס

יג


13

And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore Yehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. {S}


כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ ס

יד

14

Honour thy father and thy mother, as Yehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which Yehovah thy God giveth thee. {S}


לֹ֥֖א תִּֿרְצָֽח׃ ס

טו

15

Thou shalt not murder. {S}


וְלֹ֖֣א תִּֿנְאָֽ֑ף׃ ס

טז

16

Neither shalt thou commit adultery. {S}


וְלֹ֖֣א תִּֿגְנֹֽ֔ב׃ ס

יז

17

Neither shalt thou steal. {S}


וְלֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁוְא׃ ס

יח

18

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. {S}


וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֑ךָ וְלֹ֨א תִתְאַוֶּ֜ה בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֗ךָ שָׂדֵ֜הוּ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ שׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ ס

יט

19

Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's wife; {S} neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. {S}



Notes, Leningrad Codex, Deuteronomy Chapter 5

Please note that in the original Leningrad Codex, the Masoretes designated the end of a verse with a "Sof Pasuq", which looks like a colon (:).

In Deuteronomy 5, above, where, to the side of each Hebrew font–based verse I show the image from the corresponding verse in the facsimile* Leningrad Codex, we believe we have correctly captured those verses just as they appear in the actual Leningrad Codex itself (*the "pdf" is referred to as "facsimile" since it is a "copy" of the original).

There are three columns for Deuteronomy in the source Leningrad Codex. For some images of verses which actually break over different columns, I have placed the image parts next to each other in an effort to make them appear more natural (rather than disjunctive).

Moreover, in The-Iconoclast Leningrad Codex Hebrew-English Tanakh, I have likewise set the Hebrew and the English texts to match the Masoretic verse separations of the Leningrad Codex for Deuteronomy 5.

Since September, 2019, I know of no other published representation of Deuteronomy, Chapter 5, where the verses are set to follow the actual order written in the Leningrad Codex (except for mine: https://www.The-Iconoclast.org)!

It is my hope that all who view this presentation of the 10 Commandments of Deuteronomy 5 will be able to discern that the Masoretes fully intended each hand–written verse to be separated as I have captured it, even though so many "moderns" have chosen to represent the Hebrew and English texts incorrectly! This includes Jewish/Christian sources as well as the Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLAC – www.tanach.us), which is the electronic source I used to "programatically" convert from the (WLAC) Multiwide encoded unicode to ASCII based Web Hebrew font encoding!

Further, it is my sincere desire that יְהֹוָה * [YehoVah] is honored, glorified and exhalted in this present work, including the whole of The-Iconoclast's online Westminster Leningrad Codex based Hebrew–JPS 1917 based English Scriptures. I hope that all are blessed who visit https://www.The-Iconoclast.org!

* יְהֹוָה  Yehovah is the Name of God in Hebrew. The name means, "He Who Was, He Who Is, and He Who Will Be."