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and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day Yahweh will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

And you shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

And Moses said to Yahweh, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds about the mountain, and set it apart as holy.'"

"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may be with you, so that you may not sin."

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his treachery to her.

And if he designates her for his son, he shall do to her according to the custom of daughters.

If he takes for himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

And if he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and he shall take care of him until he is completely healed.

But if for a day or two he is able to stand, no punishment shall be taken; for he is his property.