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God's covenant with the Jewish people at Sinai. Deut.5:2. The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb; Deut.5:3. The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are all alive here today. Deut.5:4. The Lord spoke to you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire; Deut.5:5. I stood between the Lord and between you at that time, to tell you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He then said: Deut.5:6. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; Deut.5:7. May you have no other gods before Me. Deut.5:8. You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the waters under the earth, Deut.5:9. do not worship them or serve them; For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, Deut.5:10. and showing mercy to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. Deut.5:11. Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord [thy God] will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain. Deut.5:12. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you; Deut.5:13. work for six days and do all your work, Deut.5:14. and the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is with you, so that your servant and your maidservant [and your donkey] may rest as well as you; Deut.5:15. and remember that [you] were a slave in the land of Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day [and keep it holy]. Deut.5:16. Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Deut.5:18. Don't commit adultery. Deut.5:20. Do not bear false witness against your neighbor. Deut.5:21. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, and you shall not covet your neighbor's house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that your neighbor has. Deut.5:22. The Lord spoke these words to all your congregation on the mountain out of the midst of fire, cloud and darkness [and storm] with a loud voice, and spoke no more, and wrote them on two tablets of stone, and gave them to me. Deut.5:23. And when you heard a voice out of the darkness, and the mountain was burning with fire, you came to me, all the rulers of your tribes and your elders, Deut.5:24. and they said: Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; Today we saw that God speaks to man, and he remains alive; Deut.5:25. but now why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; If we still hear the voice of the Lord our God, we will die, Deut.5:26. for is there any flesh that could hear the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we do, and live? Deut.5:27. come and listen to everything that the Lord our God says [to you], and you retell to us everything that the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and do it. Deut.5:28. And the Lord heard your words, as you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: I have heard the words of this people, which they spoke to you; whatever they said was good; Deut.5:29. Oh, if only they had such a heart as to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it would be good for them and their sons forever! Deut.5:30. go, tell them: “Return to your tents”; Deut.5:31. and you stay here with Me, and I will tell you all the commandments and decrees and laws that you must teach them so that they [so] act on the land that I give them to possess. You might be interested in: