And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
The Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel. The supplementary legislation which is recorded in the following section, extending from this verse to Exodus 23:33, naturally sprang from the transactions at Sinai, and it embraces the most prominent points in the covenant relating, first, to the style of divine worship in Israel (20:22-26); secondly, to the maintenance of the personal, domestic, and social rights of the people, (Exodus 21:1-36; Exodus 23:13); thirdly, to the stated times of religious observance (Exodus 20:14-19); and, fourthly, to the tutelary care which God would take of Israel.