Exodus 20

Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments

(Deuteronomy 5.1-21)

1God said to the people of Israel:

The People Are Afraid

(Deuteronomy 5.23-33)

18The people trembled with fear when they heard the thunder and the trumpet and saw the lightning and the smoke coming from the mountain. They stood a long way off[#He 12.18,19.]

19and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”

20“Don't be afraid!” Moses replied. “God has come only to test you, so that by obeying him you won't sin.”

21But when Moses went near the thick cloud where God was, the people stayed a long way off.

Idols and Altars

22The Lord told Moses to say to the people of Israel:

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