11. You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain. The mountain burned with fire that reached up to the sky. There were thick black clouds and darkness.
12. Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You heard the sound of someone speaking, but you did not see any form. There was only a voice.
13. The Lord told you about his agreement, which he commanded you to obey. He told you about the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.
14. At that time the Lord also commanded me to teach you the other laws and rules that you must follow in the land you are going to take and live in.
15. “On the day the Lord spoke to you from the fire at Mount Horeb, you did not see him—there was no shape for God.
16. So be careful! Don’t sin and destroy yourselves by making false gods or statues in the shape of any living thing. Don’t make an idol that looks like a man or a woman,
17. or like an animal on the earth, or like a bird that flies in the sky.
18. And don’t make an idol that looks like anything that crawls on the ground or like a fish in the sea.