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One version that I dearly love and enjoy is the Tanakh ... A New Translation of The Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Please allow me the joy of sharing a portion of the 5th Chapter of Deuteronomy of The Torah (the Tanakh is made up of the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Kethuvim).
"Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day! Study them and observe them faithfully! The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant, but you us, the living, every one of us who is here today. Face to face the Lord spoke to you on the mountain out of the fire - I stood between the Lord and you at that time to convey the Lord's words to you, for you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain - saying: I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or the earth below, or in the waters below the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name. Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the land that the Lord your God is assigning you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not crave your neighbor's house, or his field, or his male or female slave, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
The Lord spoke those words - those and no more - to your whole congregation at the mountain, with a mighty voice out of the fire and the dense clouds. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone, which He gave to me."
Please notice the difference in wording between this translation and that of other translations you may be more familiar with until now. As stated previously, the Tanakh is a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the 'Traditional Hebrew' text. I'm sorry I couldn't precisely translate every word, as shown in the Tanakh, because the word processor of this forum disallows certain words, even if those words were spoken by the mouth of Almighty God. It's a prime example of how we, of the 'civilized world', have taken what is God's and changed them thinking we are wiser than He. I hope, with all my heart, you'll purchase the Tanakh & enjoy it as much as I have to date. Believe me ... it will open the eyes of your heart and give you a whole new look at who God really is. May God bless the reading of His Word and may He open our hearts and minds to this amazing translation. Amen.
"Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day! Study them and observe them faithfully! The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant, but you us, the living, every one of us who is here today. Face to face the Lord spoke to you on the mountain out of the fire - I stood between the Lord and you at that time to convey the Lord's words to you, for you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain - saying: I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or the earth below, or in the waters below the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name. Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the land that the Lord your God is assigning you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not crave your neighbor's house, or his field, or his male or female slave, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
The Lord spoke those words - those and no more - to your whole congregation at the mountain, with a mighty voice out of the fire and the dense clouds. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone, which He gave to me."
Please notice the difference in wording between this translation and that of other translations you may be more familiar with until now. As stated previously, the Tanakh is a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the 'Traditional Hebrew' text. I'm sorry I couldn't precisely translate every word, as shown in the Tanakh, because the word processor of this forum disallows certain words, even if those words were spoken by the mouth of Almighty God. It's a prime example of how we, of the 'civilized world', have taken what is God's and changed them thinking we are wiser than He. I hope, with all my heart, you'll purchase the Tanakh & enjoy it as much as I have to date. Believe me ... it will open the eyes of your heart and give you a whole new look at who God really is. May God bless the reading of His Word and may He open our hearts and minds to this amazing translation. Amen.
Ma Betty