Exo 34 | ABEn | STEP | And the lord said to Moses, Dress to yourself two tablets of stone, as also the first, and ascend to me into the mountain! and I will write upon the tablets the words which were upon the [ 2 tablets 1 first], which you broke.

‏ Exodus 34

CHAPTER 34 The Second Set of Tablets

1 And the lord said to Moses, Dress to yourself two tablets of stone, as also the first, and ascend to me into the mountain! and I will write upon the tablets the words which were upon the [²tablets ¹first], which you broke. 2 And come prepared in the morning! and you shall ascend upon mount Sinai, and you shall stand there to me upon the tip of the mountain. 3 And let no one ascend with you, nor appear in all the mountain! And the sheep and the oxen let them not feed neighboring that mountain! 4 And he dressed two tablets of stone, just as also the first. And Moses rising early in the morning ascended unto mount Sinai, in so far as [²ordered ³him ¹the lord]. And Moses took with himself the two tablets, the ones of stone. 5 And the lord came down in a cloud, and stood beside him there. And he called by the name of the lord. 6 And the lord went by before his face, and called out, The lord, The lord God, pitying and merciful, lenient and full of mercy and true, 7 and [²righteousness ¹observing], and doing mercy for thousands, removing lawlessnesses, and iniquities, and sins; and the ones liable he will not cleanse; bringing the lawlessnesses of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children of the children, unto the third and fourth generation. 8 And Moses hastening, bowing upon the earth, did obeisance. 9 And he said, If I have found favor before you, let [²go ¹my lord] with us! [²the ³people ¹For] are hard-necked. And you shall remove the sins, and our lawless deeds, and we will be yours.

The LORD Establishes a Covenant

10 And the lord said to Moses, Behold, I establish with you a covenant before all your people. And I will do honorable, which has not happened in all the earth, and with any nation. And [⁷shall see ¹all ²the ³people ⁴among ⁵whom ⁶you are] the works of the lord, for it is wonderful what I will do for you. 11 You heed all as much as I give charge to you! Behold, I cast out before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to yourself! lest at any time you should establish a covenant with the ones lying in wait upon the land, into which you enter into it, lest at any time it become an occasion of stumbling to you. 13 Their shrines you shall demolish, and their monuments you shall break, and their sacred groves you shall cut down, and the carvings of their gods you shall incinerate in fire. 14 For you should not do obeisance to other gods. For the lord God, a jealous name, [²God ¹is a jealous]; 15 lest at any time you should establish a covenant with the ones lying in wait upon the land, and they should fornicate after their gods, and should sacrifice to their gods, and they should call you, and you should eat of their sacrifices; 16 and you should take of their daughters to your sons, and of your daughters you should give to their sons; and [²should fornicate ¹your daughters] after their gods, and [²will fornicate ¹your sons] after their gods. 17 And [⁴gods ³molten ¹you shall not make ²to yourself].

Concerning the Holidays

18 And the holiday of the unleavened breads you shall guard; seven days you shall eat unleavened breads, just as I gave charge to you, at the time in the month of the new produce. For in the month of the new produce you came forth out of Egypt. 19 All opening wide the womb -- to me are the males; first-born of the calf, and of the sheep. 20 And a first-born beast of burden you shall ransom with a sheep. But if you will not ransom it, [²value ¹you shall give] for it. Every first-born of your sons you shall ransom. You shall not appear before me empty. 21 Six days you shall work, but the [²day ¹seventh] you shall rest -- in the sowing and in the harvest you shall rest. 22 And a holiday of a period of sevens you shall observe to me, the beginning of the harvest of wheat, and a holiday gathering being in the middle of the year. 23 Three times of the year [⁴shall appear ¹every ²male ³of yours] before the lord God of Israel. 24 For whenever I shall cast out the nations from your face, and I widen your borders, [²shall desire ¹no one] your land, when ever you ascend to appear before the lord your God three times a year. 25 You shall not slay [³with ⁴yeast ¹the blood ²of my sacrifices]; and [²shall not remain through the night ³into ⁴ the morning ¹that which is offered in sacrifices] for the holiday of the passover. 26 The first produce of your land you shall carry into the house of the lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in the milk of its mother. 27 And the lord said to Moses, Write to yourself these words! for upon these words I have established to you a covenant, and to Israel. 28 And [²was ³there ¹Moses] before the lord forty days and forty nights. Bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink. And he wrote upon the tablets these words of the covenant -- the ten words.

The Face of Moses Glorified

29 And as Moses went down from mount Sinai, even the two tablets were upon the hands of Moses. [³going down ¹And ²in his] from the mountain, even Moses did not know that [⁶was glorified ¹the ²appearance ³of the ⁴complexion ⁵of his face] in his speaking to him. 30 And [⁷saw ¹Aaron ²and ³all ⁴the ⁵sons ⁶of Israel] Moses; and he was being glorified in the appearance of the complexion of his face. And they feared to approach him. 31 And [²called ³them ¹Moses]; and [²turned ³towards ⁴him ¹Aaron] and all the rulers of the congregation. And [²spoke ³to them ¹Moses]. 32 And after these things came forward to him all the sons of Israel. And he gave charge to them all as much as the lord spoke to him on mount Sinai. 33 And as soon as he rested speaking to them, he placed upon his face a covering. 34 And when ever Moses entered before the lord to speak to him, he removed the covering until exiting. And going forth he spoke to all the sons of Israel, as much as [²gave charge ³to him ¹the lord]. 35 And [⁴saw ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] the face of Moses, that it was glorified; and Moses put the covering upon his face until whenever he entered to converse together with him.