Exodus 34

The New Tablets of the Covenant

1 s The Lord said to Moses, “Cut outt two tablets of stone like the first, and I will writets on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.2 Be preparedt in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourselfs for me there on the top of the mountain.3 No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

4 So Mosest cut out two tablets of stone like the first;s early in the morning he went upt to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.t6 The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed:t “The Lord, the Lord,s the compassionate and gracioust God, slow to anger,s and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,s

7 keeping loyal love for thousands,t forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgressions of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
8 Moses quickly bowedt to the ground and worshiped

9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lordt go among us, for wet are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

10 He said, “See, I am going to maket a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been donet in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.s
11 “Obeyt what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive outt before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.12 Be careful not to maket a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snares among you.13 Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.ts14 For you must not worshipt any other god,s for the Lord, whose names is Jealous, is a jealous God.15 Be carefult not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for whent they prostitute themselvest to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you,t you will eat from his sacrifice;16 and you then taket his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.

18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven dayst you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do thist at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
19 “Every firstborn of the wombt belongs to me, even every firstbornt of your cattle that is a male,t whether ox or sheep.

20 Now the firstlingt of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck.s You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
“No one will appear before me empty-handed.t

21 “On six dayst you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest;t even at the time of plowing and of harvests you are to rest.t
22 “You must observet the Feast of Weeks – the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat – and the Feast of Ingathering at the endt of the year.23 At three timest in the year all your ment must appear before the Lord God,ts the God of Israel.

24 For I will drive outt the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covets your land when you go upt to appear before the Lord your God three timest in the year.

25 “You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning.s

26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.
You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”s
27 The Lord said to Moses, “Write downt these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;t he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.t

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 s Now when Moses came downt from Mount Sinai witht the two tablets of the testimony in his handt – when he came downt from the mountain, Mosest did not know that the skin of his face shonet while he talked with him.30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone;t and they were afraid to approach him.31 But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.32 After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.33 When Moses finishedt speakingt with them, he wouldt put a veil on his face.34 But when Moses went int before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out.t Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.t

35 When the Israelites would seet the face of Moses, thatt the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord.t

Exodus 34

1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest.2 And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.3 And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.5 And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.9 And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:13 but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;14 for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:15 lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.19 All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.20 And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.23 Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.24 For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.

25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.26 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.27 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.28 And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai.33 And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.34 But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.