the fire on the mountain. Moses stood between God and them to convey God's words to them, for they were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. A closed portion ends here. God said the Ten Commandments: "I the Lord am your God." "You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters below the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them." A closed portion ends with (5:10 in NJPS). "You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God." A closed portion ends here. "Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy." A closed portion ends with (5:15 in NJPS). "Honor your father and your mother." A closed portion ends here. "You shall not murder." A closed portion ends here. "You shall not commit adultery." A closed portion ends here. "You shall not steal." A closed portion ends here. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." A closed portion ends here. "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. A closed portion ends here. You shall not crave your neighbor's house, or his field, or his male or female slave, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's." The fourth reading and a closed portion ends here. Fifth reading — Deuteronomy 5:19 (23)–6:3 In the fifth reading, God spoke these words to the whole congregation at the mountain, with a mighty voice out of the fire and the dense clouds, and God inscribed them on two stone tablets, which God gave to Moses. When the Israelites heard the voice out of the darkness and saw the mountain ablaze with fire, the tribal heads and elders asked Moses to hear all that God had to say and then tell the people, and they would willingly obey. The fifth reading and the fifth open portion end with . Sixth reading — Deuteronomy 6:4–25 In the sixth reading, Moses imparted God's instructions, the Shema and V'ahavta, saying: "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words, which I command you this day, shall be