And (A)the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he [a]called upon the name of the Lord. Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, (B)compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and [b]truth; who (C)keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He (D)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (E)inflicting the [c]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” And Moses hurried [d](F)to bow low toward the ground and worship.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:5 Or called out with the name of the Lord
  2. Exodus 34:6 Or trustworthiness
  3. Exodus 34:7 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  4. Exodus 34:8 Lit and bowed...worshiped

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