Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”

Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”

“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Keep your distance from a false charge – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

And Moses said to him, “If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.

No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

God said, “Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Pharaoh said to him, “Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”

Do not eat it raw or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails.

They said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.

Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.

Moses instructed them to take his message throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more.

Moses said, “I am going to go out from you and pray to the Lord, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.

See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

The Lord said to him, “Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the Lord, lest he break through against them.”

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”