Chapter 34

And the LORD said⁴ unto Moses, Hew³ thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write¹ upon [these] tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.¹⁴

And be ready¹² in the morning, and come up¹ in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present⁸ thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

And no man shall come up⁴ with thee, neither let any man be seen¹¹ throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed⁴ before that mount.

And he hewed⁴ two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early⁵⁵ in the morning, and went up⁴ unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded¹⁴ him, and took⁴ in his hand the two tables of stone.

And the LORD descended⁴ in the cloud, and stood¹⁰¹ with him there, and proclaimed⁴ the name of the LORD.

And the LORD passed by⁴ before him, and proclaimed,⁴ The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, ⁶³⁹ and abundant in goodness and truth,

Keeping⁶ mercy for thousands, forgiving⁶ iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means¹⁵ clear¹⁷ [the guilty]; visiting⁶ the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].

And Moses made haste,¹⁷ and bowed his head⁴ toward the earth, and worshipped.¹⁰¹

And he said,⁴ If now I have found¹ grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go⁴ among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked ⁶²⁰³ people; and pardon¹ our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.¹

And he said,⁴ Behold, I make⁶ a covenant: before all thy people I will do⁴ marvels,¹² such as have not been done⁸ in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou [art] shall see¹ the work of the LORD: for it [is] a terrible¹² thing that I will do⁶ with thee.

Observe³ thou that which I command¹⁸ thee this day: behold, I drive out⁶ before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Take heed¹⁰ to thyself, lest thou make⁴ a covenant with the inhabitants⁶ of the land whither thou goest,⁶ lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

But ye shall destroy⁴ their altars, break¹⁷ their images, and cut down⁴ their groves:

For thou shalt worship¹⁰¹ no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

Lest thou make⁴ a covenant with the inhabitants⁶ of the land, and they go a whoring¹ after their gods, and do sacrifice¹ unto their gods, and [one] call¹ thee, and thou eat¹ of his sacrifice;

And thou take¹ of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring¹ after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring⁵² after their gods.

Thou shalt make⁴ thee no molten gods.

The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.⁴ Seven days thou shalt eat⁴ unleavened bread, as I commanded¹⁴ thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out¹ from Egypt.

All that openeth the matrix [is] mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, [whether] ox or sheep, [that is male].¹¹

But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem⁴ with a lamb: and if thou redeem⁴ [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck.¹ All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem.⁴ And none shall appear¹¹ before me empty.

Six days thou shalt work,⁴ but on the seventh day thou shalt rest:⁴ in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.⁴

And thou shalt observe⁴ the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

Thrice ⁷⁹⁶⁹ in the year shall all your men children appear¹¹ before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

For I will cast out⁵⁵ the nations before thee, and enlarge⁵² thy borders: neither shall any man desire⁴ thy land, when thou shalt go up² to appear⁹ before the LORD thy God thrice ⁷⁹⁶⁹ in the year.

Thou shalt not offer⁴ the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left⁴ unto the morning.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring⁵⁵ unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe¹⁷ a kid in his mother's milk.

And the LORD said⁴ unto Moses, Write³ thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made¹ a covenant with thee and with Israel.

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat¹ bread, nor drink¹ water. And he wrote⁴ upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And it came to pass, when Moses came down² from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down² from the mount, that Moses wist¹ not that the skin of his face shone¹ while he talked¹⁵ with him.

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw⁴ Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone;¹ and they were afraid⁴ to come nigh² him.

And Moses called⁴ unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned⁴ unto him: and Moses talked¹⁷ with them.

And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh:⁸ and he gave them in commandment¹⁷ all that the LORD had spoken¹⁴ with him in mount Sinai.

And [till] Moses had done¹⁷ speaking¹⁵ with them, he put⁴ a vail on his face.

But when Moses went in² before the LORD to speak¹⁵ with him, he took the vail off,⁵⁵ until he came out.² And he came out,¹ and spake¹⁴ unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.²⁹

And the children of Israel saw¹ the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone:¹ and Moses put the vail upon his face again,⁵² until he went in² to speak¹⁵ with him.