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Serve the Lord your God and He will give you bread and water. And I will take sickness from among you.

And they saw the God of Israel. The ground under His feet looked like sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

He did not let His hand come against the leaders of Israel. But they saw God, and ate and drank.

Then Moses got up with his helper Joshua, and Moses went up on the mountain of God.

I will live among the people of Israel and will be their God.

They will know that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt to live among them. I am the Lord their God.

I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding, much learning, and all kinds of special work.

When the Lord had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two stone writings of the Law, pieces of stone written on by the finger of God.

When the people saw that Moses was staying a long time before coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron, and said, "Come, make a god for us who will go in front of us. For we do not know what has become of Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt."

He took the gold from their hands, worked on it with a sharp tool, and by melting it, made it into a calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

They have been quick to turn aside from the way I have told them. They have melted gold and made a calf for themselves. They have worshiped it, have given gifts to it, and have said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!'"

Then Moses begged the Lord his God, saying, "O Lord, why are you very angry against Your people whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?

They said to me, ‘Make a god for us who will go in front of us. For we do not know what has become of Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt.'

He said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh. And go from one end of the tents to the other, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.'"

Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, "O, this people have sinned. They have made a god of gold for themselves.

And God said, "I will have My goodness pass in front of you. I will make the name of the Lord known in front of you. I will have loving-kindness and loving-pity for anyone I want to."

Then the Lord passed by in front of him, saying, "The Lord, the Lord God, with loving-pity and loving-favor, slow to anger, filled with loving-kindness and truth,

Then God said, "See, I am going to make an agreement. I will do powerful works in front of all your people which have never been done on earth among any nation. All the people with whom you live will see the work of the Lord. For what I am going to do with you will fill people with fear.

For you must not worship any other god. For the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Three times a year all your males are to come before the Lord God, the God of Israel.