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The place was named Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites complained and put the Lord to the test when they asked, "Is the Lord with us or not?"

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."

Moses answered, "I must do this because the people come to me to learn God's will.

All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord had come down on it in fire. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the people trembled violently.

Moses said to the Lord , "The people cannot come up, because you commanded us to consider the mountain sacred and to mark a boundary around it."

Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.

If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones, because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use.

If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.

because it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.

"Do not mistreat a foreigner; you know how it feels to be a foreigner, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

They shall eat what was used in the ritual of forgiveness at their ordination. Only priests may eat this food, because it is sacred.

to tell the people of Israel, "Keep the Sabbath, my day of rest, because it is a sign between you and me for all time to come, to show that I, the Lord , have made you my own people.

You must keep the day of rest, because it is sacred. Whoever does not keep it, but works on that day, is to be put to death.

It is a permanent sign between the people of Israel and me, because I, the Lord , made heaven and earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped working and rested."

The Lord said to Moses, "Hurry and go back down, because your people, whom you led out of Egypt, have sinned and rejected me.

So the Lord sent a disease on the people, because they had caused Aaron to make the gold bull-calf.

You are going to a rich and fertile land. But I will not go with you myself, because you are a stubborn people, and I might destroy you on the way."

The Lord said to Moses, "I will do just as you have asked, because I know you very well and I am pleased with you."

I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,

The Lord said to Moses, "I now make a covenant with the people of Israel. In their presence I will do great things such as have never been done anywhere on earth among any of the nations. All the people will see what great things I, the Lord , can do, because I am going to do an awesome thing for you.