18. ‘You must not commit the sin of adultery.
19. ‘You must not steal.
20. ‘You must not tell lies about other people.
21. ‘You must not want another man’s wife. You must not want his house, his fields, his men and women servants, his cattle, or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person.’”
22. Moses said, “The Lord gave these commands to all of you when you were together there at the mountain. He spoke in a loud voice that came from the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness. After he gave us these commands, he didn’t say any more. He wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23. “You heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was burning with fire. Then all the elders and the other leaders of your tribes came to me.
24. They said, ‘The Lord our God has shown us his Glory and his greatness! We heard him speak from the fire. We have seen today that it is possible to continue living even after God speaks to us.
25. But if we hear the Lord our God speak to us again, surely we will die! That terrible fire will destroy us. We don’t want to die.
26. No one has ever heard the living God speak from the fire like we have and still lived!
27. Moses, you go near and hear everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us everything the Lord tells you. We will listen to you, and we will do everything you say.’
28. “The Lord heard what you said and told me, ‘I heard what the people said. And that is fine.
29. I only wanted to change their way of thinking—I wanted them to respect me and obey all my commands from the heart. Then everything would be fine with them and with their descendants forever.
30. “‘Go and tell the people to go back to their tents,
31. but you stand here near me. I will tell you all the commands, laws, and rules that you must teach them. They must do these things in the land that I am giving them to live in.’
32. “So you people must be careful to do everything the Lord commanded you. Do not stop following God!
33. You must live the way the Lord your God commanded you. Then you will continue to live, and everything will be fine with you. You will live a long life in the land that will belong to you.