Bible Verses

Laws About Slavery These are the laws you are to set before them:

And you will not ascend my altar on steps lest you expose your nakedness on it.

 If you build an altar of stone, do not make it of cut stones, for you will defile it using tools.

For me, you are to make an altar of earth, and on it, you will sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where you come to remember my name, I will come to you and bless you.

Do not make any gods of silver or gold to stand beside me.

Law of the Altar The Lord spoke to Moses: “Say this to the people of Israel: You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from the heavens.

So the people kept at a distance while Moses went forward to the cloud where God was.

Moses answered the people: “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that the fear of God may be with you, and that you may not sin again.”

Then they said to Moses: “You yourself speak to us, and we shall listen. But do not have God speak to us, lest we die.”