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Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.

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

And God spoke all these words, saying,

"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 serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

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

and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die."

Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin."

The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's property.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

"Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

"You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God .

"The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.