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"You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.

But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work—you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who is in your gates—

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.

And they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you so that his fear will be before you so that you do not sin."

And the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the very thick cloud where God was.

his master will present him to God and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve him forever.

Concerning every account of transgression—concerning an ox, concerning a donkey, concerning small livestock, concerning clothing, concerning all lost property—where someone says, "This belongs to me," the matter of the two of them will come to God; whomever God declares guilty will make double restitution to his neighbor.

"‘You will not curse God, and you will not curse a leader among your people.

"‘The best of the firstfruits of your land you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God. "‘You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

And you will serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from among you.

And they saw the God of Israel, and what was under his feet was like sapphire tile work and like the very heavens for clearness.

And toward the leaders of the Israelites he did not stretch out his hand, and they beheld God, and they ate, and they drank.

And Moses got up, and Joshua, his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

And I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites, and I will be their God.

And they will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt in order to dwell in their midst. I am Yahweh their God.

And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship,

And when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with the finger of God.

And Moses implored Yahweh his God, and he said, "Why, Yahweh, should your anger blaze against your people whom you brought up from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

And the tablets, they were the work of God; and the writing, it was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.