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"I have heard the complaining of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘In the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.'"

He sent the news to Moses, "I, your father-in-law, Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."

"I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house where you were servants.

"Do not worship them or work for them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the children, even the great-grandchildren, for the sins of their fathers who hate Me.

"See, I am sending an angel before you to keep you safe on the way. He will bring you to the place I have made ready.

Make the meeting tent and all that is in it like the plans I am going to show you.

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.

"Say to the people of Israel, ‘Keep My Days of Rest. For this is something special between Me and you for all your people forever. So you may know that I am the Lord Who sets you apart for Myself.

The next day Moses said to the people, "You have sinned. Now I am going up to the Lord. It might be that I can have your sin forgiven."

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.

Be sure to do what I am telling you this day. See, I am going to drive out of your way the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

For I am the Lord your God. So set yourselves apart, and be holy. For I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean with any of the small living things that move together in large numbers on the ground.

For I am the Lord Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.'"

"Say to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord your God.

Do not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived. And do not do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. Do not follow their laws.

You are to do what I say and keep My Laws and live by them. I am the Lord your God.

So keep My Laws and do what I say. If a man obeys them, My Laws will be life for him. I am the Lord.

‘You should not go near a person of your own family to have sex. I am the Lord.

Do not give any of your children as a gift on an altar to the false god Molech. Do not put the name of your God to shame. I am the Lord.

‘Do not allow yourself to sin in any of these ways. For by doing all these things the nations that I am driving out in front of you became unclean.