10. but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work — neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.
11. In six days I, the Lord, made the earth, the sky, the sea, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
12. “Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
13. “Do not commit murder.
14. “Do not commit adultery.
15. “Do not steal.
16. “Do not accuse anyone falsely.
17. “Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”
18. When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.
19. They said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.”
20. Moses replied, “Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin.”
21. But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
22. The Lord commanded Moses to say to the Israelites: “You have seen how I, the Lord, have spoken to you from heaven.
23. Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshipped in addition to me.
24. Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burnt and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you.
25. 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.