Quotes About God

Now Mosesí father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

Mosesí father-in-law Jethro, along with Mosesí wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Then Mosesí father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Mosesí father-in-law in the presence of God.

“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the peopleís representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

And as the sound of the ramís horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

And God spoke all these words:

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You shall have no other gods before Me.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ëYou have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its motherís milk.

So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.