Portions: Exodus 19-22

In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt -
on the very day -
they came to the Desert of Sinai.
Then Moses went up to God,
and the Lord called to him from the mountain . . ..
The Lord said to Moses,
"I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,
so that the people will hear Me speaking with you
and will always put their trust in you."
(Exodus 19:1,3,9)

And God spoke all these words:
"I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery.
"You shall have no other gods before me . . ."
(Exodus 20:1-3)

"If a man hits a manservant or maidservant
in the eye and destroys it,
he must let the servant go free
to compensate for the eye.
And if he knocks out the tooth
of a manservant or maidservant,
he must let the servant to free
to compensate for the tooth."
(Exodus 21:26-27)

"If you lend money
to one of my people among you who is needy,
do not be like a money-lender;
charge him no interest.
If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge,
return it to him by sunset,
because his cloak
is the only covering he has for his body.
What else will he sleep in?
When he cries out to Me, I will hear,
for I am compassionate."
(Exodus 22:25-27)