Exodus 34
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The Covenant is Renewed
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 3And 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.
4And 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 the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7keeping mercy 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, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11Observe 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. 12Take 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: 13but ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 14for thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 23Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
27And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28And he was there with the LORD 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.
29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30And 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. 31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
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The New Stone Tablets
1Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets, # Ex 31:18; 32:16, 19 which you broke. 2Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. # Ex 19:20 3No one is to come up with you. Do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain, and the flocks or herds may not graze in front of the mountain.” # Ex 19:12–13, 21
4So he cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tablets of stone. 5Then the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. # Ex 33:9, 19 6The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in goodness and truth, # Ne 9:17; Ps 86:15; Ro 2:4 7keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, # Job 10:14 visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” # Ex 20:5–6
8Moses made haste and bowed to the ground and worshipped. # Ex 4:31 9He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people. # Ex 32:9 Pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.” # Ps 33:12
The Covenant Renewed
10Then He said: Behold, I am making a covenant before all your people. # Dt 5:2–3 I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. And all the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I will do with you. # Dt 10:21 11Obey what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. # Ex 33:2 12Watch yourself so that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst. # Ex 23:32–33; Dt 7:2 13But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles # Ex 23:24; 2Ki 18:4 # 34:13 Carved images of a female deity. 14(for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), # Ex 20:3–5; Dt 4:24 15lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they prostitute themselves with their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, # Jdg 2:17 and someone invites you to eat of his sacrifice. # Nu 25:2 16And then you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute themselves after their gods. They will make your sons prostitute themselves after their gods. # Dt 7:3–4; 1Ki 11:2–4
17You shall make no molded gods for yourselves. # Ex 32:8; Lev 19:4
18You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the month of Aviv, for in the month of Aviv you came out of Egypt. # Ex 13:4; Lev 23:6
19Every firstborn of the womb belongs to Me, and every firstborn male among your livestock, whether ox or sheep. # Ex 13:2; 22:29 20But you must redeem with a lamb the firstborn of a donkey, and if you fail to redeem him, then you must break his neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
No one may appear before Me empty-handed. # Ex 23:15; Dt 16:16
21You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. # Ex 23:12; 35:2 Even at the time of plowing and harvest you must rest.
22You must observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year. # Ex 23:16 23Three times in the year all your males must appear before the Lord God, # Ex 23:14, 17 the God of Israel. 24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders. # Ex 33:2; Ps 78:55 No man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25You must not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left until the following morning. # Ex 12:10; 23:18
26The first of the firstfruits of your land you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. # Dt 26:2
You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. # Ex 23:19; Dt 14:21
27Then the Lord said to Moses: Write down these words, # Ex 17:14; 24:4 for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel. 28So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. # Ge 7:4; Ex 24:18; Jon 3:4; Mt 4:2 He did not eat bread or drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. # Ex 31:18
Moses’ Radiant Face
29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of testimony in the hands of Moses, when he came down from the mountain, # Ex 32:15 Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. # Mt 17:2 30So when Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. 32Afterward all the Israelites drew near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.
33When Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. 34But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he took the veil off until he came out. # 2Co 3:16 Then he came out and spoke to the Israelites what he had been commanded. 35The Israelites saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, and then Moses put the veil over his face again until he went in to speak with Him.
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