Exodus 34

Revised Geneva Translation

34 And the LORD said to Moses, “Carve for yourself two Tablets of stone, like the first. And I will write upon the Tablets the words that were on the first Tablets which you broke in pieces.

² “And be ready in the morning, so that you may come up to Mount Sinai early; and wait there for Me on the top of the mount.

³ “But let no man come up with you. And do not let any man be seen throughout all the mount. And do not let the sheep or cattle feed before this mount.

⁴ Then Moses carved two Tablets of stone like the first. And he rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took the two Tablets of stone in his hand.

⁵ And the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Name of the LORD.

⁶ So the LORD passed before his face, and cried, “The LORD! The LORD! Strong! Merciful! Gracious! Slow to anger! Abundant in goodness and Truth!

⁷ Reserving mercy for thousands! Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin! Not making the wicked innocent! Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon children’s children, to the third and fourth generation!”

⁸ Then Moses quickly bowed himself to the earth, and worshipped,

⁹ and said, “O Lord, I pray—if I have found grace in Your sight—that the LORD would now go with us (for we are a stiff-necked people) and pardon our iniquity and our sin and take us for Your inheritance.”

¹⁰ And He answered, “Behold, I will make a covenant before all your people, and will do marvels such as have not been done in all the world, nor in all nations. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD. For it is a fearful thing that I will do with you.

¹¹ “Diligently keep that which I command you this day. Behold, I will cast out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites before you.

¹² “Guard yourself against making any compact with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest they become a snare among you.

¹³ “But you shall overthrow their altars and break their images in pieces and cut down their Asherim.

¹⁴ “For you shall bow down to no other god (because the LORD, Whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

¹⁵ “Otherwise, you may make a compact with the inhabitants of the land. And when they go a-whoring after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, they may call you and you may eat from their sacrifice.

¹⁶ “Or, when you take their daughters for your sons, their daughters may go a- whoring after their gods and may make your sons go a-whoring after their gods.

¹⁷ “You shall make no gods of metal for yourself.

¹⁸ “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. You shall eat unleavened bread for seven days (as I commanded you) during the month of Abib. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.

¹⁹ “Every male that first opens the womb shall be Mine. Also, all the firstborn of your livestock shall be Mine, both cattle and sheep.

²⁰ “But the first of the donkey you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you do not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. And no one shall appear before Me empty.

²¹ “You shall work six days. And on the seventh day, you shall rest. You shall rest, both in earing time and in the harvest.

²² “Also, you shall observe the Feast of Weeks during the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year.

²³ “Three times in a year, all your male children shall appear before the LORD, Jehovah, God of Israel.

²⁴ “For I will dispossess the nations before you and enlarge your borders, so that no man shall covet your land when you shall come up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

²⁵ “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor shall any of the sacrifice of the Feast of Passover be left until the morning.

²⁶ “You shall bring the first ripe fruits of your land to the House of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”

²⁷ And the LORD said to Moses, “Write these Words. For according to the tenor of these Words I have made a Covenant with you and with Israel.”

²⁸ So, he was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights, neither eating bread nor drinking water. And he wrote the Words of the Covenant, the Ten Commandments, on the Tablets.

²⁹ And it happened that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two Tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand as he descended from the mount), he did not know that the skin of his face shone brightly after God had talked with him.

³⁰ And Aaron and all the children of Israel looked at Moses. And behold, the skin of his face shone brightly. And they were afraid to come near him.

³¹ But Moses called to them. And Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him. And Moses talked with them.

³² And afterward, all the children of Israel came near. And he charged them with all that the LORD had said to him on Mount Sinai.

³³ So, Moses made an end of communing with them and put a covering upon his face.

³⁴ But, when Moses came before the LORD to speak with Him, he took off the covering until he came out. Then, he came out and spoke to the children of Israel all that which he was commanded.

³⁵ And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, how the skin of Moses’ face shone brightly. Therefore, Moses put the covering upon his face until he went to speak with God.