The Covenant Code, or Book of the Covenant, presented in chapters 20–23, immediately following the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), opens with a short passage on ritual ordinances, followed by social and civil law applying to specific situations (case law), including the treatment of slaves.
''My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace...
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may...
“One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all...
