12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire.e You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.f 13 He declared his covenantg to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments,h which he wrote on two stone tablets.i 14 At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

WORSHIPING THE TRUE GOD

15 “Diligently watch yourselves—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—16 so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, 17 or the form of any animal on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky, 18 any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth. 19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the stars in the sky—do not be led astray to bow in worship to them and serve them.j The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.k 20 But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnacel to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.