Exodus 33:14-34:10

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¹⁴ The Lord replied, “My Presence^(A) will go with you, and I will give you rest.”^(B)

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence^(C) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?^(D) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”^(E)

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,^(F) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”^(G)

¹⁸ Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”^(H)

¹⁹ And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass^(I) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,^(J) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.^{(K) 20} But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see^(L) me and live.”

²¹ Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. ²² When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock^(M) and cover you with my hand^(N) until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

The New Stone Tablets

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,^(O) and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets,^(P) which you broke.^{(Q) 2} Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai.^(R) Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. ³ No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain;^(S) not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

⁴ So Moses chiseled^(T) out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.^{(U) 5} Then the Lord came down in the cloud^(V) and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.^{(W) 6} And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate^(X) and gracious God, slow to anger,^(Y) abounding in love^(Z) and faithfulness,^{(AA) 7} maintaining love to thousands,^(AB) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.^(AC) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;^(AD) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”^(AE)

⁸ Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. ⁹ “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor^(AF) in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us.^(AG) Although this is a stiff-necked^(AH) people, forgive our wickedness and our sin,^(AI) and take us as your inheritance.”^(AJ)

¹⁰ Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant^(AK) with you. Before all your people I will do wonders^(AL) never before done in any nation in all the world.^(AM) The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you.