Moses Receives Additional Laws

²² Then the Lord told Moses, “This is what you are to say to the Israelites: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.^{(A) 23} Do not make gods of silver to rival me; do not make gods of gold for yourselves.^(B)

²⁴ “Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.^{(C) 25} If you make a stone altar for me, do not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it.^{(D) 26} Do not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

²¹ And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.^(A)

No God Other Than the Lord

⁶ This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer,^(A) the Lord of Armies, says:

³⁶ “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

³⁷ He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.^{[a](A) 38} This is the greatest and most important^[b] command. ³⁹ The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.^{[c](B) 40} All the Law and the Prophets depend^[d] on these two commands.”^(C)