Exodus 20:17-21
Exodus 20:17
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Exodus 20:18
And all the people were watching and hearing the thunder and the lightning flashes, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it all, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Exodus 20:19
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak to us, or we will die!”
Exodus 20:20
However, Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you will not sin.”
Exodus 20:21
So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.