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And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.

And all the people answered with one accord, and said, All things that God has spoken, we will do and hearken to: and Moses reported these words to God.

And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp.

The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.

And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.

And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.

And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.

And Moses said to God, The people will not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for thou hast solemnly charged us, saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it.

And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.

But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbour’s deposit,