21 "'Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.'
22 "These words YHVH spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
23 And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
24 and you said, 'Behold, YHVH, our god, has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire; we have this day seen gods speak with man and man still live.
25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of YHVH, our god, any more, we shall die.
26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living gods speaking out of the midst of fire, as we have, and has still lived?
27 Go near, and hear all that YHVH, our god, will say; and speak to us all that YHVH, our god, will speak to you; and we will hear and do it.'
28 "And YHVH heard your words, when you spoke to me; and YHVH said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you; they have rightly said all that they have spoken.
29 Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their children for ever!
30 Go and say to them, "Return to your tents."
31 But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment and the statutes and the ordinances which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.'
32 You shall be careful to do therefore as YHVH, your god, has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 You shall walk in all the way which YHVH, your god, has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess.
If we are to succeed in our spiritual journey, we must remember to stay grounded each step of the way. It is important that we review the basics, YHVH's laws and commandments, and not get caught up in the higher levels of our new consciousness without the firm foundation from all the levels that have gone before.