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And Jethro the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, heard all that which God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, that Jehovah had caused Israel to go out from Egypt.

and her two sons, one's name was Gershom (for he said, I have become an alien in a foreign land;)

and one's name was Eliezer (for the God of my father was my Help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh).

Wearing you will wear out, both you and this people with you. For the thing is heavy for you. You are not able to do it by yourself.

Now listen to my voice. I will counsel you, and may God be with you. You be for this people before God, and you bring the matters to God.

And now if listening you will listen to My voice, and will keep My covenant, you shall become a special treasure to Me above all the nations, for all the earth is Mine.

And you shall become a kingdom of priests for Me, a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the sons of Israel.

And be ready for the third day. For on the third day Jehovah will go down before the eyes of all the people on the mountain of Sinai.

And you shall set limits to the people all around, saying, Be careful for yourselves, not going up into the mountain and touching its border; everyone touching the mountain dying shall die.

And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.

And Moses said to Jehovah, The people are not able to come up to the mountain of Sinai. For You warned us, saying, Set limits to the mountain and sanctify it.

You shall not make a graven image for yourself, or any likeness in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;

you shall not bow to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am Jehovah your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those that hate Me;

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain; for Jehovah will not leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain.

For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all which is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; on account of this Jehovah blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it.

And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid, for God has come in order to test you, and so that His fear may be on your faces, that you may not sin.

You shall not make gods of silver along with Me, and you shall not make gods of gold for yourselves.

You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on it, your sheep and your cattle. In every place in which I cause My name tobe remembered, I will come to you and willbless you.

And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build them of cut stones. When you swing your tool on it, you defile it.

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years And in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.