"Then You camedownon MountSinai,And spokewith them from heaven;You gavethem justordinancesand true laws,Goodstatutesand commandments.
"The statutesand the ordinancesand the lawand the commandmentwhichHe wrotefor you, you shall observeto doforever;and you shall not fearothergods.
ThisEzrawentup from Babylon,and he was a scribeskilledin the lawof Moses,whichthe LORDGodof Israelhad given;and the kinggrantedhim allhe requestedbecause the handof the LORDhis God[was] upon him.
Righteousare You, O LORD,And uprightare Your judgments.
The sumof Your wordis truth,And everyoneof Your righteousordinancesis everlasting.Shin.
You have ordainedYour precepts,That we should keep[them] diligently.
then he saidto them, "Thisis whatthe LORDmeant:Tomorrowis a sabbathobservance,a holysabbathto the LORD.Bakewhatyou will bakeand boilwhatyou will boil,and allthat is leftoverputasideto be keptuntilmorning."
and let them be readyfor the thirdday,for on the thirddaythe LORDwill comedownon MountSinaiin the sightof allthe people.
Then Godspokeallthesewords,saying,
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Thusyou shall sayto the sonsof Israel,'You yourselveshave seenthat I have spokento you from heaven.
Oh,that You would rendthe heavens[and] comedown,That the mountainsmight quakeat Your presence--
When You didawesomethingswhich we did not expect,You camedown,the mountainsquakedat Your presence.
Godcomesfrom Teman,And the HolyOnefrom MountParan.Selah.His splendorcoversthe heavens,And the earthis fullof His praise.
But ifI dothe very thingI do not want[to do], I agreewith the Law, [confessing] that the Lawis good.
He said,"The LORDcamefrom Sinai,And dawnedon them from Seir;He shoneforthfrom MountParan,And He camefrom the midst of tenthousandholyones;At His righthandthere was flashinglightningfor them.
"Has [any] peopleheardthe voiceof Godspeakingfrom the midstof the fire,as you have heard[it], and survived?
"Out of the heavensHe let you hearHis voiceto disciplineyou; and on earthHe let you seeHis greatfire,and you heardHis wordsfrom the midstof the fire.
"Or whatgreatnationis there that has statutesand judgmentsas righteousas thiswholelawwhichI am settingbeforeyou today?
"The LORDspoketo you faceto faceat the mountainfrom the midstof the fire,
