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But if her father refuses to let him marry her, he must pay the father a sum of money equal to the bride price for a virgin.

If you do, I, the Lord , will answer them when they cry out to me for help,

because it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.

Give me the first-born of your cattle and your sheep. Let the first-born male stay with its mother for seven days, and on the eighth day offer it to me.

Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does such an evil thing.

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

"For six years plant your land and gather in what it produces.

"Work six days a week, but do no work on the seventh day, so that your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals can rest.

Pay attention to him and obey him. Do not rebel against him, for I have sent him, and he will not pardon such rebellion.

I will not drive them out within a year's time; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you.

Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you."

Moses wrote down all the Lord 's commands. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

The Lord said to Moses, "Come up the mountain to me, and while you are here, I will give you two stone tablets which contain all the laws that I have written for the instruction of the people."

Moses said to the leaders, "Wait here in the camp for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you; and so whoever has a dispute to settle can go to them."

The dazzling light of the Lord 's presence came down on the mountain. To the Israelites the light looked like a fire burning on top of the mountain. The cloud covered the mountain for six days, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from the cloud.

Moses went on up the mountain into the cloud. There he stayed for forty days and nights.

oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;

The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.

Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side.

one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.