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Decalogue: Divine Authority of

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Exodus 20:1 And God spoke all these words:
Exodus 34:27, 28 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” / So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:4–22 The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. / At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said: / “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.