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If you follow this advice and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace."

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, "This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in the thunder.

And God spoke all these words:

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work-neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

"Speak to us yourself and we will listen," they said to Moses. "But do not let God speak to us, or we will die."

"Do not be afraid," Moses replied. "For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning."

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.