19. "Every male animal that is born first to its mother belongs to me. That includes your livestock. It includes herds and flocks alike.
20. Sacrifice a lamb to buy back every male donkey that is born first to its mother. But if you do not buy the donkey back, break its neck. Buy back every oldest son. "You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
21. "Do your work in six days. But you must rest on the seventh day. Even when you are plowing your land or gathering your crops, you must rest on the seventh day.
22. "Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your wheat crop. "Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall.
23. "Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King, the God of Israel.
24. I will drive out nations ahead of you. I will increase your territory. Go up three times a year to worship me. While you are doing that, I will keep others from wanting to take any of your land for themselves. I am the Lord your God.
25. "Do not include anything that is made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice. You must not keep any of the meat from the sacrifice of the Passover Feast until morning.
26. "Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
27. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write down the words I have spoken. I have made a covenant with you and with Israel in keeping with those words."
28. Moses was there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. He didn't eat any food or drink any water. The Lord wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant. Those words are the Ten Commandments.
29. Moses came down from Mount Sinai. He had the two tablets of the covenant in his hands. His face was shining because he had spoken with the Lord. But he didn't realize it.
30. Aaron and all of the people of Israel saw Moses. His face was shining. So they were afraid to come near him.
31. But Moses called out to them. So Aaron and all of the leaders of the community came to him. And Moses spoke to them.
32. After that, all of the people came near him. And he gave them all of the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.