Shemot 34
34
1And Hashem said unto Moshe, Chisel thee two Luchot Avanim like the first ones; and I will write upon these Luchot the devarim that were on the Luchot HaRishonim, which thou broke.
2And be ready in the boker, and come up in the boker unto Mt.Sinai, and present thyself there to Me on the rosh HaHar.
3And no ish shall come up with thee, neither let any ish be seen throughout kol HaHar; neither let the tzon nor herd graze in front of that Har.
4And he chiseled two Luchot Avanim like the first ones; and Moshe rose up early in the boker, and went up unto Mt.Sinai, as Hashem had commanded him, and took in his yad the two Luchot Avanim.
5And Hashem descended in the anan, and stood with him there, and called out the Shem of Hashem.
6And Hashem passed by before him, and proclaimed, Hashem, Hashem El Rachum v'Channun, slow to anger, and abundant in chesed and emes,
7Preserving chesed for thousands, forgiving avon and pesha and chatta'ah, and by no means leaving the guilty unpunished; visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim, and upon the bnei banim, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
8And Moshe made haste, and bowed his head toward the ground, and worshiped.
9And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah.
10And He said, Hinei, I cut a brit; before all thy people I will do nifla'ot, such as have not been done in kol ha'aretz, nor in kol HaGoyim; and kol HaAm among which thou art shall see the ma'aseh Hashem; for it is a norah that I will do with thee.
11Be thou shomer over that which I command thee this day; hinei, I drive out before thee the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi.
12Be shomer over thyself, lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz whither thou goest, lest it be for a mokesh (snare) in the midst of thee;
13But ye shall destroy their mizbechot, break their matzebot, and cut down their asherah (sacred trees, poles);
14For thou shalt worship no el acher; for Hashem, Whose Shem is Jealous, is El Kanah;
15Lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz, and they go a-whoring after eloheihem, and do sacrifice unto eloheihem, and one invite thee, and thou eat of his zevach (sacrifice, i.e., participate in his pagan worship);
16And thou take of their banot unto thy banim, and their banot go a-whoring after their elohim, and make thy banim go a-whoring after their elohim.
17Thou shalt make thee no elohei massekhah.
18The Chag Hamatzot shalt thou be shomer over. Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, as I commanded thee, in the mo'ed of the month Aviv; for in the month Aviv thou camest out from Mitzrayim.
19All that openeth the rechem (womb) is Mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or seh, that is zachar.
20But the firstling of a donkey thou shalt redeem with a seh; and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. Kol bechor of thy banim thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty.
21Sheshet yamim thou shalt work, but on the yom hashevi'i thou shalt rest; in plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22And thou shalt observe Chag Shavu'os,#34:22 Ac 2 with the firstfruits the ketzir chittim (wheat harvest), and the Chag HaAsif (Festival of Ingathering, Harvesttime)#34:22 Jn 7 shall be at the tekufat hashanah (changing, turning of the year).
23Shalosh in the year shall all your men children appear before HaAdon Hashem Elohei Yisroel.
24For I will drive out the Goyim before thee, and enlarge thy borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before Hashem Eloheicha shalosh in the shanah.
25Thou shalt not offer the dahm of My zevach with chametz; neither shall the zevach of the Chag HaPesach be left overnight unto the boker.
26The reshit bikkurim of thy land thou shalt bring unto the Beis Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not cook a kid in cholov immo.
27And Hashem said unto Moshe, Write thou these devarim; for according to these devarim I have cut a brit with thee and with Yisroel.
28And he was there with Hashem arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; he did neither eat lechem, nor drink mayim. And he wrote upon the Luchot the Divrei HaBrit (Words of the Covenant), the Aseres Hadevarim (Ten Commandments).
29And it came to pass, when Moshe came down from Mt. Sinai with the two Luchot HaEdut in the yad Moshe, when he came down from HaHar, that Moshe had no da'as that the ohr (skin) of his face had become radiant when he had spoken with Him.
30And when Aharon and kol Bnei Yisroel saw Moshe, hinei, the ohr (skin) of his face was radiant; and they were afraid to come near him.
31And Moshe called unto them; and Aharon and kol HaNesi'im of the Edah returned unto him; and Moshe spoke with them.
32And afterward kol Bnei Yisroel came near; and he gave them in commandment all that Hashem had spoken with him in Mt Sinai.
33When Moshe had finished speaking with them, he put a masveh (veil, mask) on his face.
34But when Moshe went in before Hashem to speak with Him, he took the masveh off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel that which he was commanded.
35And the Bnei Yisroel saw the face of Moshe, that the ohr of the face of Moshe was radiant; and Moshe put the masveh upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Exodus 34
34
Moses Makes New Tablets
1The Lord said to Moses, #Deut. 10:1 “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, #ver. 28; Deut. 10:2, 4 and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, #ch. 32:19which you broke. 2Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me #ch. 19:20on the top of the mountain. 3No #ch. 19:12, 13, 21one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” 4So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. 5The Lord #Num. 11:25; [1 Kgs. 8:10, 11] descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and #ch. 33:19proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, #Num. 14:18; 2 Chr. 30:9; Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:15; 103:8; 111:4; 112:4; 116:5; 145:8; Joel 2:13 “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and #ch. 22:27 gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast #Ps. 57:10; 108:4love and faithfulness, 7#ch. 20:5, 6; Deut. 5:10; Jer. 32:18; Dan. 9:4 keeping steadfast love for thousands,#34:7 Or to the thousandth generation #Ps. 103:3; 130:4; Dan. 9:9; 1 John 1:9 forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but #ch. 23:21; Josh. 24:19; Job 10:14; Nah. 1:3 who will by no means clear the guilty, #Deut. 5:9visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” 8And Moses quickly #ch. 4:31; 12:27bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please #ch. 33:15, 16 let the Lord go in the midst of us, for #See ch. 32:9 it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for #Deut. 32:9; Ps. 28:9; 33:12; 78:62; 94:14; Jer. 10:16; Zech. 2:12your inheritance.”
The Covenant Renewed
10And he said, “Behold, #ver. 27; Deut. 5:2; 29:1 I am making a covenant. Before all your people #Deut. 4:32-35; Josh. 6:20; 10:12, 13; 2 Sam. 7:23; Ps. 77:14; 78:12 I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an #Deut. 10:21; Ps. 145:6; [Isa. 64:3]awesome thing that I will do with you.
11“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, #See ch. 13:5I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12#ch. 23:32; Deut. 7:2; Josh. 23:12, 13; Judg. 2:2 Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a #See ch. 23:33snare in your midst. 13You shall #Deut. 7:5; 12:3; Judg. 2:2; 6:25; 2 Chr. 34:3, 4 tear down their altars and #ch. 23:24; 2 Kgs. 18:4; 23:14; 2 Chr. 31:1 break their pillars and cut down their #See Deut. 16:21Asherim 14(for #ch. 20:3, 5you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15#[See ver. 12 above] lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they #Lev. 17:7; 20:5; Deut. 31:16; Judg. 2:17; Jer. 3:9; Ezek. 6:9 whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and #Num. 25:2; Ps. 106:28; [1 Cor. 8:4, 7, 10; 10:27]you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16and you take of #Deut. 7:3, 4; 1 Kgs. 11:2; Ezra 9:2; Neh. 13:25 their daughters for your sons, and their daughters #[See ver. 15 above]whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
17 #
Lev. 19:4; Deut. 27:15; [ch. 32:4, 8] “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.
18 # See ch. 12:15 “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in #ch. 13:4the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19#See ch. 13:2All that open the womb are mine, all your male#34:19 Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20The #ch. 13:13; Num. 18:15 firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And #ch. 23:15; Deut. 16:16none shall appear before me empty-handed.
21 # See ch. 20:9 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22#ch. 23:16; Deut. 16:10, 13You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. 23#ch. 23:14, 17; Deut. 16:16Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24For I will #ch. 33:2; Deut. 7:1; Ps. 78:55; 80:8; See ch. 23:27-31 cast out nations before you and #Deut. 12:20; 19:8 enlarge your borders; #[Prov. 16:7]no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25 # See ch. 12:8 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, #See ch. 12:10or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. 26#See ch. 23:19 The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. #Deut. 14:21You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words #ver. 10I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28#See ch. 24:18 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he #[ver. 1; ch. 31:18; 32:16; Deut. 4:13; 10:2, 4]wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.#34:28 Hebrew the ten words
The Shining Face of Moses
29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with #ch. 32:15 the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face #2 Cor. 3:7; [Matt. 17:2]shone because he had been talking with God.#34:29 Hebrew him 30Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face #ver. 29shone, and they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. 32Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he #ch. 24:3commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. 33And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a #2 Cor. 3:13veil over his face.
34Whenever Moses #2 Cor. 3:16went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, 35the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was #ver. 29shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
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