Moses 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.”
The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
The LORD 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.
You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.