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Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be long lived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

And Moses said to the people: Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.

Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

Thou shalt carry the first-fruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee.

And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.

Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God,

And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God:

And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who have brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might abide among them, I the Lord their God.

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work,

And the Lord, when he had ended these words in Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.

But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.

And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour.

And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel.