Mosiah 13:24
1830 Edition
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
Influences
Exodus 20:16 (KJV)
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Changes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
Simple English
“Don’t want your neighbor’s house. Don’t want your neighbor’s wife, servants, animals, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Paraphrase
“’You must not want what belongs to your neighbor—not his house, not his wife, not his servants, not his ox or donkey, not anything that is his.’”