20Moses said to the people, "Don`t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won`t sin."
21The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
22Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: `You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
24You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
26Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.`
