20. And Mosheh said to the people, “Do not fear, for Elohim has come to prove you, and in order that His fear be before you, so that you do not sin.”
21. So the people stood at a distance, but Mosheh drew near the thick darkness where Elohim was.
22. And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Say this to the children of Yisra’ĕl: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from the heavens.
23. ‘You do not make besides Me mighty ones of silver, and you do not make mighty ones of gold for yourselves.
24. ‘Make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall slaughter on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I shall come to you and bless you.
25. ‘And if you make Me an altar of stone, do not build it of cut stone, for if you use your chisel on it, you have profaned it.
26. ‘Nor do you go up by steps to My altar, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’