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Exodus 20:12

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Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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  1. Exodus 20:10

    But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

  2. Exodus 20:11

    For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  3. Exodus 20:13

    Thou shalt not kill.

  4. Exodus 20:14

    Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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