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And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.

Deuteronomy 5:1-22">[xr] 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 bondage.

you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the 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 hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

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

And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin."

So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

"He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

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

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

The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil 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 sickness away from the midst of you.

and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.

But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank.

So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God.