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And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst warn us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain and sanctify it.

You shall not make for yourself any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth;

You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I the LORD your God am a zealous God, visiting the offenses of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me;

You shall not take a false oath in the name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not declare him innocent who takes an oath in his name falsely.

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the seas, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it.

And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, that his worship may be before your faces, and that you may not sin.

You shall not make for yourselves gods of gold to be worshipped along with me, neither shall you make for yourselves gods of silver.

And if you make me a stone altar, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift a tool of iron upon it, you will have polluted it.

Then his master shall bring him to the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

And if he takes her for wife to his son, then he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

If he rises again and walks in the street with his staff, then the one who struck him shall be acquitted, except that he shall pay for the loss of his time and the physicians fee.

But if the victim is well after a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

But if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Burning for burning, wound for wound, slap for slap.

land if a man strike the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid, and injure it, he shall let him go free for his eyes sake.

And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or the tooth of his maidservant, he must let him go free for his tooths sake.

But if a sum of money is imposed on him, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever they ask from him.

But if it be known that the ox has been in the habit of goring, and his owner has not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead animal shall belong to him.