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## Exodus 20:16-19 in Context (Verses 13–22 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/exodus/20/13) Thou shalt not kill.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/exodus/20/14) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/exodus/20/15) Thou shalt not steal.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/exodus/20/16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/exodus/20/17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that *is* thy neighbour’s.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/exodus/20/18) ¶ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw *it*, they removed, and stood afar off.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/exodus/20/19) And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/exodus/20/20) And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/exodus/20/21) And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God *was*.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/exodus/20/22) ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
 
[Exodus 19](/kjv/exodus/19) [Exodus 21](/kjv/exodus/21)

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