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Also, you should choose from the people able men who fear God, men of truth who hate to get things by doing wrong. Have these men rule over the people, as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

If you do this and God tells you to do it, then you will be able to keep your strength. And all these people will go to their place in peace."

And Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, "Say this to the house of Jacob and tell the people of Israel:

Then Moses brought the people from among the tents to meet God. They stood at the base of the mountain.

The sound of the horn became louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder.

Then 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 where you were servants.

"Do not make for yourselves a god to look like anything that is in heaven above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

"Do not worship them or work for them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the children, even the great-grandchildren, for the sins of their fathers who hate Me.

"Do not use the name of the Lord your God in a false way. For the Lord will punish the one who uses His name in a false way.

But the seventh day is a Day of Rest to the Lord your God. You, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, your cattle, or the traveler who stays with you, must not do any work on this day.

"Honor your father and your mother, so your life may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.

They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us or we will die."

Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so you may have enough fear of Him to keep you from sinning."

The people stood far away, while Moses came near to the cloud where God was.

But if he did not plan to hurt him, but God allowed it to happen, then I will give you a place where he may run to be safe.

"He who gives a gift in worship to any god other than the Lord alone will be destroyed.

"Do not curse God, or a ruler of your people.

Three times a year all your males will come before the Lord God.

Bring the best first-fruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God. Do not boil the meat of a young goat in its mother's milk.