12. And the lord spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn’t see his form; there was only a voice.
13. He proclaimed his covenant—the Ten Commandments—which he commanded you to keep, and which he wrote on two stone tablets.
14. It was at that time that the lord commanded me to teach you his decrees and regulations so you would obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
15. “But be very careful! You did not see the lord’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.
16. So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman,