Exodus 34
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1Yahweh said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto MosesH4872, HewH6458(H8798) thee twoH8147 tablesH3871 of stoneH68 like unto the firstH7223: and I will writeH3789(H8804) upon these tablesH3871 the wordsH1697 that were in the firstH7223 tablesH3871, which thou brakestH7665(H8765).
2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
KJVAnd be readyH3559(H8737) in the morningH1242, and come upH5927(H8804) in the morningH1242 unto mountH2022 SinaiH5514, and presentH5324(H8738) thyself there to me in the topH7218 of the mountH2022.
3 No one shall come up with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain. Do not let the flocks or herds graze in front of that mountain.”
KJVAnd no manH376 shall come upH5927(H8799) with thee, neitherH408 let any manH376 be seenH7200(H8735) throughout all the mountH2022; neither let the flocksH6629 nor herdsH1241 feedH7462(H8799) beforeH4136 that mountH2022.
4 He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; then Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
KJVAnd he hewedH6458(H8799) twoH8147 tablesH3871 of stoneH68 like unto the firstH7223; and MosesH4872 rose up earlyH7925(H8686) in the morningH1242, and went upH5927(H8799) unto mountH2022 SinaiH5514, as the LORDH3068 had commandedH6680(H8765) him, and tookH3947(H8799) in his handH3027 the twoH8147 tablesH3871 of stoneH68.
5 Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 descendedH3381(H8799) in the cloudH6051, and stoodH3320(H8691) with him there, and proclaimedH7121(H8799) the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068.
6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 passed byH5674(H8799) before himH6440, and proclaimedH7121(H8799), The LORDH3068, The LORDH3068 GodH410, mercifulH7349 and graciousH2587, longsufferingH750H639, and abundantH7227 in goodnessH2617 and truthH571,
7 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
KJVKeepingH5341(H8802) mercyH2617 for thousandsH505, forgivingH5375(H8802) iniquityH5771 and transgressionH6588 and sinH2403, and that will by no meansH5352(H8763) clearH5352(H8762) the guilty; visitingH6485(H8802) the iniquityH5771 of the fathersH1 upon the childrenH1121, and upon the children'sH1121 children, unto the thirdH8029 and to the fourthH7256 generation.
8 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 made hasteH4116(H8762), and bowed his headH6915(H8799) toward the earthH776, and worshippedH7812(H8691).
9 He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us, even though this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
KJVAnd he saidH559(H8799), If now I have foundH4672(H8804) graceH2580 in thy sightH5869, O LordH136, let my LordH136, I pray thee, goH3212(H8799) amongH7130 us; for it is a stiffneckedH7186H6203 peopleH5971; and pardonH5545(H8804) our iniquityH5771 and our sinH2403, and take us for thine inheritanceH5157(H8804).
10 He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
KJVAnd he saidH559(H8799), Behold, I makeH3772(H8802) a covenantH1285: before all thy peopleH5971 I will doH6213(H8799) marvelsH6381(H8737), such as have not been doneH1254(H8738) in all the earthH776, nor in any nationH1471: and all the peopleH5971 amongH7130 which thou art shall seeH7200(H8804) the workH4639 of the LORDH3068: for it is a terrible thingH3372(H8737) that I will doH6213(H8802) with thee.
11 Observe that which I command you today. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
KJVObserveH8104(H8798) thou that which I commandH6680(H8764) thee this dayH3117: behold, I drive outH1644(H8802) beforeH6440 thee the AmoriteH567, and the CanaaniteH3669, and the HittiteH2850, and the PerizziteH6522, and the HiviteH2340, and the JebusiteH2983.
12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
KJVTake heedH8104(H8734) to thyself, lest thou makeH3772(H8799) a covenantH1285 with the inhabitantsH3427(H8802) of the landH776 whither thou goestH935(H8802), lest it be for a snareH4170 in the midstH7130 of thee:
13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
KJVBut ye shall destroyH5422(H8799) their altarsH4196, breakH7665(H8762) their imagesH4676, and cut downH3772(H8799) their grovesH842:
14 for you shall worship no other god; for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
KJVFor thou shalt worshipH7812(H8691) no otherH312 godH410: for the LORDH3068, whose nameH8034 is JealousH7067, is a jealousH7067 GodH410:
15 “Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
KJVLest thou makeH3772(H8799) a covenantH1285 with the inhabitantsH3427(H8802) of the landH776, and they go a whoringH2181(H8804) afterH310 their godsH430, and do sacrificeH2076(H8804) unto their godsH430, and one callH7121(H8804) thee, and thou eatH398(H8804) of his sacrificeH2077;
16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
KJVAnd thou takeH3947(H8804) of their daughtersH1323 unto thy sonsH1121, and their daughtersH1323 go a whoringH2181(H8804) afterH310 their godsH430, and makeH2181 thy sonsH1121 go a whoringH2181(H8689) afterH310 their godsH430.
17 “You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
KJVThou shalt makeH6213(H8799) thee no moltenH4541 godsH430.
18 “You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
KJVThe feastH2282 of unleavened breadH4682 shalt thou keepH8104(H8799). SevenH7651 daysH3117 thou shalt eatH398(H8799) unleavened breadH4682, as I commandedH6680(H8765) thee, in the timeH4150 of the monthH2320 AbibH24: for in the monthH2320 AbibH24 thou camest outH3318(H8804) from EgyptH4714.
19 “All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
KJVAll that openethH6363 the matrixH7358 is mine; and every firstlingH6363 among thy cattleH4735, whether oxH7794 or sheepH7716, that is maleH2142(H8735).
20 You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before me empty.
KJVBut the firstlingH6363 of an assH2543 thou shalt redeemH6299(H8799) with a lambH7716: and if thou redeemH6299(H8799) him not, then shalt thou break his neckH6202(H8804). All the firstbornH1060 of thy sonsH1121 thou shalt redeemH6299(H8799). And none shall appearH7200(H8735) beforeH6440 me emptyH7387.
21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
KJVSixH8337 daysH3117 thou shalt workH5647(H8799), but on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 thou shalt restH7673(H8799): in earing timeH2758 and in harvestH7105 thou shalt restH7673(H8799).
22 “You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.
KJVAnd thou shalt observeH6213(H8799) the feastH2282 of weeksH7620, of the firstfruitsH1061 of wheatH2406 harvestH7105, and the feastH2282 of ingatheringH614 at the year'sH8141 endH8622.
23 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
KJVThriceH6471H7969 in the yearH8141 shall all your men childrenH2138 appearH7200(H8735) beforeH6440 the LordH113 GODH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478.
24 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
KJVFor I will cast outH3423(H8686) the nationsH1471 beforeH6440 thee, and enlargeH7337(H8689) thy bordersH1366: neither shall any manH376 desireH2530(H8799) thy landH776, when thou shalt go upH5927(H8800) to appearH7200(H8736) beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 thriceH6471H7969 in the yearH8141.
25 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The sacrifice of the feast of the Passover shall not be left to the morning.
KJVThou shalt not offerH7819(H8799) the bloodH1818 of my sacrificeH2077 with leavenH2557; neither shall the sacrificeH2077 of the feastH2282 of the passoverH6453 be leftH3885(H8799) unto the morningH1242.
26 “You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
KJVThe firstH7225 of the firstfruitsH1061 of thy landH127 thou shalt bringH935(H8686) unto the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430. Thou shalt not seetheH1310(H8762) a kidH1423 in his mother'sH517 milkH2461.
27 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write these words; for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto MosesH4872, WriteH3789(H8798) thou these wordsH1697: for after the tenorH6310 of these wordsH1697 I have madeH3772(H8804) a covenantH1285 with thee and with IsraelH3478.
28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
KJVAnd he was there with the LORDH3068 fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915; he did neither eatH398(H8804) breadH3899, nor drinkH8354(H8804) waterH4325. And he wroteH3789(H8799) upon the tablesH3871 the wordsH1697 of the covenantH1285, the tenH6235 commandmentsH1697.
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when MosesH4872 came downH3381(H8800) from mountH2022 SinaiH5514 with the twoH8147 tablesH3871 of testimonyH5715 in MosesH4872' handH3027, when he came downH3381(H8800) from the mountH2022, that MosesH4872 wistH3045(H8804) not that the skinH5785 of his faceH6440 shoneH7160(H8804) while he talkedH1696(H8763) with him.
30 When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
KJVAnd when AaronH175 and all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 sawH7200(H8799) MosesH4872, behold, the skinH5785 of his faceH6440 shoneH7160(H8804); and they were afraidH3372(H8799) to come nighH5066(H8800) him.
31 Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 calledH7121(H8799) unto them; and AaronH175 and all the rulersH5387 of the congregationH5712 returnedH7725(H8799) unto him: and MosesH4872 talkedH1696(H8762) with them.
32 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
KJVAnd afterwardH310 all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 came nighH5066(H8738): and he gave them in commandmentH6680(H8762) all that the LORDH3068 had spokenH1696(H8765) with him in mountH2022 SinaiH5514.
33 When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
KJVAnd till MosesH4872 had doneH3615(H8762) speakingH1696(H8763) with them, he putH5414(H8799) a vailH4533 on his faceH6440.
34 But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
KJVBut when MosesH4872 went inH935(H8800) beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 to speakH1696(H8763) with him, he tookH5493 the vailH4533 offH5493(H8686), until he came outH3318(H8800). And he came outH3318(H8804), and spakeH1696(H8765) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 that which he was commandedH6680(H8792).
35 The children of Israel saw Moses’ face, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; so Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
KJVAnd the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 sawH7200(H8804) the faceH6440 of MosesH4872, that the skinH5785 of MosesH4872' faceH6440 shoneH7160(H8804): and MosesH4872 putH7725 the vailH4533 upon his faceH6440 againH7725(H8689), until he wentH935(H8800) in to speakH1696(H8763) with him.
Exodus 34
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