## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 20

###### Onkelos Exodus 20:1
[Onkelos Exodus 20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:1)

וּמַלִיל יְיָ יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim spoke all these words, saying:


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:2
[Onkelos Exodus 20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:2)

אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִי אַפֵּיקְתָּךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית **עַבְדוּתָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I am Adonoy, your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves [**slavery**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:3
[Onkelos Exodus 20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:3)

לָא יְהֵי לָךְ אֱלָהּ אָחֳרָן **בַּר מִנִי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must not have any other gods before My Presence [**besides Me**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:4
[Onkelos Exodus 20:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:4)

לָא תַעְבֵּד לָךְ צְלֵם וְכָל דְמוּת דִי בִשְׁמַיָא מִלְעֵלָא וְדִי בְאַרְעָא מִלְרָע וְדִי בְמַיָא מִלְרַע לְאַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must not make for yourself any carved image, or picture of anything that is in the heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the water below the earth.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:5
[Onkelos Exodus 20:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:5)

לָא תִסְגֻד לְהוֹן וְלָא תִפְלְחִנוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֵל קַנָא מַסְעַר חוֹבֵי אֲבָהָן עַל בְּנִין **מָרָדִין** עַל דַר תְּלִיתַי וְעַל דַר רְבִיעַי לְשָׂנְאָי **כַּד מְשַׁלְמִין בְּנַיָא לְמֶחֱטֵי בָּתַר אֲבָהָתְהוֹן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must not prostrate yourself to them, and you must not worship them. For I, Adonoy your God, am a jealous Almighty. I am cognizant of the sins of fathers for [their] [**rebellious**] children, to the third and fourth [generations] of My enemies [**when the children complete the sinning after their fathers**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:6
[Onkelos Exodus 20:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:6)

וְעָבֵד טִיבוּ לְאַלְפֵי דָרִין לְרַחֲמַי וּלְנָטְרֵי פִקוֹדָי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But I do [acts of] loving kindness [**goodness**] for thousands [of generations] to those who love Me and preserve My commandments.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:7
[Onkelos Exodus 20:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:7)

לָא **תֵימֵי בִּ**שְׁמָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְמַגָנָא אֲרֵי לָא יִזַכֵּי יְיָ יָת **דִיֵימֵי בִ**שְׁמֵהּ לְשִׁקְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not take [**swear in**] the Name of Adonoy, your God in vain. For Adonoy will not acquit the one who takes [**swears in**] His Name in vain [**falsely**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:8
[Onkelos Exodus 20:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:8)

הֲוֵי דְכִיר יָת יוֹמָא דְשַׁבְּתָא לְקַדָשׁוּתֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Remember the Shabbos day to sanctify it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:9
[Onkelos Exodus 20:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:9)

שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין תִּפְלָח וְתַעְבֵּד כָּל עִבִדְתָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You may work six days, and do all your work.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:10
[Onkelos Exodus 20:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:10)

וְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה שַׁבְּתָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָא תַעְבֵּד כָּל עִבִדְתָּא אַתְּ וּבְרָךְ וּבְרַתָּךְ עַבְדָךְ וְאַמְתָךְ וּבְעִירָךְ וְגִיוֹרָךְ דִי בְקִרְוָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But the seventh day is Shabbos to [**before**] Adonoy, your God. You must not do any manner of work—you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maid, your animal, and the foreigner within your gates.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:11
[Onkelos Exodus 20:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:11)

אֲרֵי שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין עֲבַד יְיָ יָת שְׁמַיָא וְיָת אַרְעָא יָת יַמָא וְיָת כָּל דִי בְהוֹן וְנָח בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה עַל כֵּן בָּרִיךְ יְיָ יָת יוֹמָא דְשַׁבְּתָא וְקַדְשֵׁהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For in six days Adonoy made the heaven and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Adonoy blessed the Shabbos and made it holy.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:12
[Onkelos Exodus 20:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:12)

יַקַר יָת אָבוּךְ וְיָת אִמָךְ בְּדִיל דְיוֹרְכוּן יוֹמָיךְ עַל אַרְעָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Honor your father and your mother so that your days may be lengthened upon the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:13
[Onkelos Exodus 20:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:13)

לָא תִקְטוֹל נְפָשׁ לָא תְגוּף לָא תִגְנוּב לָא תַסְהֵד בְּחַבְרָךְ **סָהֲדוּתָא** דְשִׁקְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not commit murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal [by kidnapping human beings]. Do not testify as a false witness [**testimony**] against your neighbor.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:14
[Onkelos Exodus 20:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:14)

לָא תַחְמֵד בֵּית חַבְרָךְ לָא תַחְמֵד אִתַּת חַבְרָךְ וְעַבְדֵהּ וְאַמְתֵהּ וְתוֹרֵהּ וַחֲמָרֵהּ וְכֹל דִי לְחַבְרָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his slave, his maid, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:15
[Onkelos Exodus 20:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:15)

וְכָל עַמָא חָזָן יָת קָלַיָא וְיָת בָּעוֹרַיָא וְיָת קַל שׁוֹפָרָא וְיָת טוּרָא תָּנֵן וַחֲזָא עַמָא וְזָעוּ וְקָמוּ מֵרָחִיק:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All the people saw the sounds, the flames, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain emitting smoke. The people saw [all this] and they trembled, and stood far off.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:16
[Onkelos Exodus 20:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:16)

וַאֲמָרוּ לְמשֶׁה מַלֵל אַתְּ עִמָנָא **וּנְקַבֵּל וְלָא יִתְמַלֵל עִמָנָא מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ דִילְמָא נְמוּת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said to Moshe, “You speak to us and we will listen [**obey**]. Let [**it not be spoken to us from before**] Elohim not speak with us [anymore] lest we die.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:17
[Onkelos Exodus 20:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:17)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לְעַמָא לָא תִדְחֲלוּן אֲרֵי בְּדִיל **לְנַסָאָה** יָתְכוֹן **אִתְגְלִי לְכוֹן יְקָרָא דַ**יְיָ וּבְדִיל דִתְהֵי דַחַלְתֵּהּ עַל אַפֵּיכוֹן בְּדִיל דְלָא תְחוּבוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to the people, “Do not be afraid. It was to exalt [**test**] you that [**the Glory of**] Elohim [**became revealed to you**] came [in this manner], so that the fear of Him be on your faces that you not sin.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:18
[Onkelos Exodus 20:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:18)

וְקָם עַמָא מֵרָחִיק וּמשֶׁה קָרֵב לְצַד אַמִיטְתָא דִתַמָן **יְקָרָא דַ**יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people stood far off. Moshe drew near to the dense cloud where [**the Glory of**] [the Divine Presence of] God was.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:19
[Onkelos Exodus 20:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:19)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה כִּדְנַן תֵּימַר לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתּוּן חֲזִיתּוּן אֲרֵי מִן שְׁמַיָא מַלֵילִית עִמְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “This is what you must say to the Bnei Yisrael. ‘You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:20
[Onkelos Exodus 20:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:20)

לָא תַעְבְּדוּן **קֳדָמָי** דַחֲלָן דִכְסַף וְדַחֲלָן דִדְהַב לָא תַעְבְּדוּן לְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not make[an image of anything that is] with [**before**] Me, gods of silver or gods of gold you must not make for yourselves.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:21
[Onkelos Exodus 20:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:21)

מַדְבַּח אַדְמְתָא תַּעְבֵּד **קֳדָמַי** וּתְהֵי דַבָּח עֲלוֹהִי יָת עֲלָוָתָךְ וְיָת נִכְסַת קוּדְשָׁךְ מִן עָנָךְ וּמִן תּוֹרָךְ בְּכָל אַתְרָא דִי **אַשְׁרֵי יָת שְׁכִנְתִּי לְתַמָן אֶשְׁלַח בִּרְכְּתִי** לָךְ וֶאֱבָרֵכִנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Make an earthen altar for [**before**] Me and slaughter your burnt-offerings near it, your peace-offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place wherever I permit My Name to be mentioned [**rest My Shechina**], I will come [**there I will send my blessing**] to you and bless you.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:22
[Onkelos Exodus 20:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:22)

וְאִם מַדְבַּח אַבְנִין תַּעְבֵּד **קֳדָמַי** לָא תִבְנֵי יָתְהוֹן פְּסִילָן דִלְמָא תְרִים חַרְבָּךְ עֲלַהּ וּתְחַלְלִנַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you build a stone altar for [**before**] Me, do not build it out of hewn stone, lest you lift your sword on it, you will [therewith] have profaned it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 20:23
[Onkelos Exodus 20:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/20:23)

וְלָא תִסַק בְּדַרְגִין עַל מַדְבְּחִי דִי לָא תִתְגְלֵי עֶרְיְתָךְ עֲלוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not go up to My altar with steps, so that your nakedness not be revealed on it.’”