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Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1]And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. [No book]
[2]‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. [No book]
[3]‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. [No book]
[4]‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire— [No book]
[5]I stood between ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount—saying: [No book]
[6]I am ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [No book]
[7]Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. [No book]
[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. [No book]
[9]Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ 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, [No book]
[10]And showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments. [No book]
[11]Thou shalt not take the name of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God in vain; for ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. [No book]
[12]Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God commanded thee. [No book]
[13]Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; [No book]
[14]But the seventh day is a sabbath unto ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ 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. [No book]
[15]And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. [No book]
[16]Honour thy father and thy mother, as ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ thy God giveth thee. [No book]
[17]Thou shalt not murder. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Neither shalt thou steal. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. [No book]
[18]Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's wife; 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. [No book]
[19]These words ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. [No book]
[20]And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; [No book]
[21]And ye said: 'Behold, ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God hath shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth. [No book]
[22]Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God any more, then we shall die. [No book]
[23]For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? [No book]
[24]Go thou near, and hear all that ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God may say; and thou shalt speak unto us all that ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God may speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.' [No book]
[25]And ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke unto me; and ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ said unto me: 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken. [No book]
[26]Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! [No book]
[27]Go say to them: Return ye to your tents. [No book]
[28]But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.' [No book]
[29]Ye shall observe to do therefore as ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ your God hath commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. [No book]
[30]Ye shall walk in all the way which ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. [No book]
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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