Exodus 20:1 says, And God spake all these words, saying,  Then verse two adds, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  God first establishes once again Who He is.  God will always make Himself known to people, then He will call them to accept that fact if His deliverance is to be of any effect.  For us, that deliverance is from the penalty of sin through faith in Christ and not from some physical location  Verse three declares, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.  This was a requirement for Israel, and it has not changed.  Though all these commandments were given to Israel, they apply to us  today, and I will discuss them as such.  We must first allow nothing else to be more important to us than God, and if we do, then that has become our god.  There really is only one God, so we should not allow some false god to come before Him.  Verse four adds, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:  We are not to make or worship idols.  Anything that we make to worship is made from a part of God's creation.  Verse five continues, Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;  This tells us that not only are we not to make graven images, but that we are not to worship any that are made.  God, Who created and sustains us, expects us to be loyal to Him.  This also speaks of God bringing iniquity on the third and fourth generation of those who do worship idols, but we know that every person is responsible for their own sins and theirs alone.  The effects of sin may have a lasting impact if not forgiven through faith in Christ though.  Verse six adds, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.  God does show mercy on the thousands who love Him, but He actually shows mercy on everyone.  It is only those who accept His mercy shown through Christ coming as our redeemer who benefit from it.  Verse seven states, Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.  We often confuse this with using profanity, but it is so much deeper than just words.  Anytime we call on God without any belief that He is going to hear us or if we call out to Him simply expecting Him to grant our wants, we are using His name in vain.  Anytime we attempt to use His name to endorse what we are doing without consulting Him and asking His guidance, we are using His name in vain.  Verse nine declares, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Verse nine adds, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:  Verse ten continues, 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:  Verse eleven concludes, 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.  We are told to keep the Sabbath, which we now celebrate as Sunday, the Lord's Day, holy.  This is to be a day set aside to worship God, and we are given the reason.  God created everything in six days and rested on the Sabbath, and we should likewise rest and worship Him on a day set aside for Him.  These first four commandments have to do with the relationship between God and people.  If we do not keep these commandments, then we cannot hope to keep the other six, and even if we do it will do us no good if we don't keep the first four.  Verse twelve declares, Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD God giveth thee.  The first commandment about relationships between people has to do with children and their parents and comes with a promise.  We are to honor our father and mother, not just part of the time or to a certain age, but as long as they are alive.  When we do, we are promised that our days may be long.  I don't believe that everyone who obeys their parents is guaranteed a long life, but when we obey our parents who are obeying God, then we will tend to enjoy a longer life since they will be looking out for our best interests.  Verse thirteen states, Thou shalt not kill.  I believe this means commit murder, but it also includes our thoughts as well as our actions.  Verse fourteen,Thou shalt not commit adultery.  Again, Christ expanded this to include our thoughts about other people.  We are not to lust after someone else.  Verse fifteen says, Thou shalt not steal.  Seems simple enough, but we can steal by not given our employer a full days worth of work, for instance.  Verse sixteen declares, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.  We live in a time where it is easy to bear false witness against our neighbor, so we need to ensure if we do say something about them that it is the truth and that it is necessary to say it.  Verse seventeen concludes, 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.  We are not o covet anything that belongs to our neighbor.  I don't believe that we can justify it by sayin that we want what they have and for them to have something better.