Verse 20
Deuteronomy 5:20
Bible in Basic English
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Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹֽא תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְ/רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁוְא
English Translation
And you shall not answer against your neighbor as a false witness.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions w...
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The Lord our God (Elohim) made an agreement with us in Horeb.
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The Lord did not make this agreement with our fathers but with us, who are all living and present he...
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The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
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(I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, th...
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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You are to have no other gods but me.
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You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the wat...
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You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God (Elohim...
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And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
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11
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God (Elohim) for an evil purpose; whoever takes...
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12
Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God (Elohim).
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On six days do all your work:
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But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God (Elohim); on that day do no work, you or your...
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15
And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God (Elohim) t...
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Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God (Elohim);...
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Do not put anyone to death without cause.
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Do not be false to the married relation.
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Do not take the property of another.
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Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
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Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant...
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These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out...
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And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all...
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And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the f...
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Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God (Elohim) comes to us any more...
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For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God (Elohim) as we have...
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Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God (Elohim) has to say, give us an...
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Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you ha...
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If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my...
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Now say to them, Go back to your tents.
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But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the...
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Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God (Elohim) has given you orders to do; let there be...
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Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God (Elohim), so that life may be yours an...
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