Gods Laws For His People

The Lord chose a man named Moses to lead His people out of the land of Egypt,
to a distant land that he had promised their ancestors, years before.
In time they came to the land of Sinai, and there at the foot of the mountain
they pitched their tents, seeing that there was a great cloud upon the
mountaintop and that, within the cloud, there was a fire. "Prepare the
people," the Lord said to Moses, "for it is time for me to speak with you once more.
Hear my laws." And when Moses went up the mountain alone, God spoke to him.

"These are my commandments," He said.

I am the Lord God who brought you out of Egypt, out of slavery.

You must have no other gods but me. You must not make a likeness of anything on earth and worship it, for I am a jealous God.

My name is holy. You must not use it lightly or use it in the making of false vows.

Remember the sabbath day. Rest from your labors and honor me on this day.

Honor your mother and your father.

You must not kill.

Marriage is sacred; you must not commit adultry.

You must not steal.

You must not tell lies about the doings of another person.

You must not set your heart on having another man's wife, or on owning anything that belongs to him.

So that we would remember them always, God carved the Ten Commandments upon tablets of stone, and Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

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