20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you so that you do not sin.”
21 The people stood a distance away as Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses: Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 You shall not make gods of silver alongside Me or make gods of gold for yourselves.
24 “You shall make an altar of earth for Me and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen. In every place where I cause My name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.
25 If you will make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you use your tool on it, you will have polluted it.
26 And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.”