Now the LORD said
to Moses
, "Cut
out for yourself atwo
stone
tablets
like the former
ones
, and bI will write
on the tablets
the words
that were on the former
tablets
which
you shattered
.
"So be ready by morning
, and come
up in the morning
to aMount
Sinai
, and 1present
yourself
there
to Me on the top
of the mountain
.
" aNo man
is to come
up with you, nor
let any
man
be seen
1anywhere
on the mountain
; even
the flocks
and the herds
may not graze
in front
of that mountain
."
So he cut out atwo
stone
tablets
like the former
ones
, and Moses
rose
up early
in the morning
and went
up to Mount
Sinai
, as the LORD
had commanded
him, and he took
two
stone
tablets
in his hand
.
aThe LORD descended
in the cloud
and stood
there
with him as 1he called
upon the name
of the LORD
.
Then the LORD passed
by in front
of him and proclaimed
, "The LORD
, the LORD
God
, acompassionate
and gracious
, slow
to anger
, and abounding
in lovingkindness
and 1truth
;
who akeeps lovingkindness
for thousands
, who forgives
iniquity
, transgression
and sin
; yet He bwill by no
means
leave
the guilty unpunished
, cvisiting
the iniquity
of fathers
on the children
and on the grandchildren
to the third
and fourth
generations."
Moses made
haste
1 ato bow
low
toward
the earth
and worship
.
He said, " aIf
now
I have found
favor
in Your sight
, O Lord
, I pray
, let the Lord
go
along in our midst
, even
though
1 bthe people
are so obstinate
, and cpardon
our iniquity
and our sin
, and dtake
us as Your own 2possession
."
Then 1God said, "Behold
, aI am going to make
a covenant
. Before
all
your people
bI will perform
miracles
which
have not been 2produced
in all
the earth
nor
among any
of the nations
; and all
the people
3among
whom
you live will see
the working
of the LORD
, for it is a fearful
thing
that I am going to perform
with you.
" 1Be sure to observe what
I am commanding
you this day
: behold
, aI am going to drive
out the Amorite
before
you, and the Canaanite
, the Hittite
, the Perizzite
, the Hivite
and the Jebusite
.
" aWatch yourself that you make
no
covenant
with the inhabitants
of the land
into which
you are going
, or
it will become
a snare
in your midst
.
" aBut rather, you are to tear down
their altars
and smash
their sacred pillars
and cut
down
their 1 bAsherim
--for ayou shall not worship any
other
god
, for the LORD
, whose name
is Jealous
, is a jealous
God
--
otherwise you might
make
a covenant
with the inhabitants
of the land
and they would play
the harlot
with their gods
and asacrifice
to their gods
, and someone bmight invite
you 1to eat
of his sacrifice
,
and ayou might take some
of his daughters
for your sons
, and his daughters
might play
the harlot
with their gods
and cause your sons
also to play
the harlot
with their gods
.
" aYou shall make for yourself no
molten
gods
.
"You shall observe athe Feast
of Unleavened
Bread
. For bseven
days
you are to eat
unleavened
bread
, 1as I commanded
you, at the appointed
time
in the cmonth
of Abib
, for in the month
of Abib
you came
out of Egypt
.
" aThe first offspring
from every
womb
belongs to Me, and all
your male
livestock
, the first
offspring
from 1cattle
and sheep
.
" aYou shall redeem with a lamb
the 1first
offspring
from a donkey
; and if
you do not redeem
it, then you shall break
its neck
. You shall redeem
ball
the firstborn
of your sons
. 2 cNone
shall appear
before
Me empty-handed
.
"You shall work asix
days
, but on the seventh
day
you shall rest
; even during plowing
time
and harvest
you shall rest
.
"You shall celebrate athe Feast
of Weeks
, that is, the first
fruits
of the wheat
harvest
, and the Feast
of Ingathering
at the turn
of the year
.
" aThree times
a year
all
your males
are to appear
before
the Lord
1GOD
, the God
of Israel
.
"For I will 1 adrive out nations
before
you and enlarge
your borders
, and no
man
shall covet
your land
when you go
up three
times
a year
to appear
before
the LORD
your God
.
" aYou shall not 1offer the blood
of My sacrifice
with leavened
bread
, bnor
is the sacrifice
of the Feast
of the Passover
to 2be left
over
until morning
.
"You shall bring athe very first
of the first
fruits
of your soil
into the house
of the LORD
your God
.
"You shall not boil a young
goat
in its mother's
milk
."
Then the LORD said
to Moses
, " aWrite
1down
these
words
, for in accordance
with these
words
I have made
ba covenant
with you and with Israel
."
So he was there with the LORD
aforty
days
and forty
nights
; he did not eat
bread
or drink
water
. And 1 bhe wrote
on the tablets
the words
of the covenant
, cthe Ten
2Commandments
.
It came about when Moses
was coming
down
from Mount
Sinai
(and the atwo
tablets
of the testimony
were in Moses'
hand
as he was coming
down
from the mountain
), that Moses
did not know
that bthe skin
of his face
shone
because of his speaking
with Him.
So when Aaron and all
the sons
of Israel
saw
Moses
, behold
, the skin
of his face
shone
, and athey were afraid
to come
near
him.
Then Moses called
to them, and Aaron
and all
the rulers
in the congregation
returned
to him; and Moses
spoke
to them.
Afterward all
the sons
of Israel
came
near
, and he commanded
them to do everything
that the LORD
had spoken
1to him on Mount
Sinai
.
When Moses had finished
speaking
with them, ahe put
a veil
over
his face
.
But whenever Moses went
in before
the LORD
to speak
with Him, ahe would take
off
the veil
until
he came
out; and whenever he came
out and spoke
to the sons
of Israel
what
he had been commanded
,
athe sons of Israel
would see
the face
of Moses
, that the skin
of Moses'
face
shone
. So Moses
would replace
the veil
over
his face
until
he went
in to speak
with Him.