¹⁷‘Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour’s.’

¹⁸And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off, ¹⁹and say unto Moses, ‘Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.’ ²⁰And Moses saith unto the people, ‘Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that ye sin not.’ ²¹And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is.

²²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye—ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you; ²³ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

²⁴‘An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

²⁵‘And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it; ²⁶neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

Chapter 21

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