2. The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb.
3. The Lord didn’t make this covenant with our ancestors but with us—all of us who are here and alive right now.
4. The Lord spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself.
5. At that time, I was standing between the Lord and you, declaring to you the Lord’s word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn’t go up on the mountain."The Lord said:
6. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7. You must have no other gods before me.
8. Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
9. Do not bow down to them or worship them because I, the Lord your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents’ sins—even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me.
10. But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.