Exodus 34Exodus34

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1. New Stone Tablets

   (Deuteronomy 10:1–11)

2. 1KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
3. 2KJVAnd be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.BSBBSB: Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
4. 3KJVAnd no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.BSBBSB: No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
5. 4KJVAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.BSBBSB: So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
6. 5KJVAnd the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.BSBBSB: And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
7. 6KJVAnd the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,BSBBSB: Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
8. 7KJVKeeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.BSBBSB: maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
9. 8KJVAnd Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.BSBBSB: Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
10. 9KJVAnd he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.BSBBSB: “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

11. The LORD Renews the Covenant

    (2 Corinthians 3:7–18)

12. 10KJVAnd he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.BSBBSB: And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
13. 11KJVObserve thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.BSBBSB: Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
14. 12KJVTake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:BSBBSB: Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
15. 13KJVBut ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:BSBBSB: Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
16. 14KJVFor thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:BSBBSB: For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
17. 15KJVLest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;BSBBSB: Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
18. 16KJVAnd thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.BSBBSB: And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
19. 17KJVThou shalt make thee no molten gods.BSBBSB: You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
20. 18KJVThe feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.BSBBSB: You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
21. 19KJVAll that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.BSBBSB: The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
22. 20KJVBut the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.BSBBSB: You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
23. 21KJVSix days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.BSBBSB: Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
24. 22KJVAnd thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.BSBBSB: And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
25. 23KJVThrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.BSBBSB: Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
26. 24KJVFor I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.BSBBSB: For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
27. 25KJVThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.BSBBSB: Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
28. 26KJVThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.BSBBSB: Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
29. 27KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.BSBBSB: The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
30. 28KJVAnd he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.BSBBSB: So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
31. 29KJVAnd it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.BSBBSB: And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
32. 30KJVAnd when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.BSBBSB: Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
33. 31KJVAnd Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.BSBBSB: But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
34. 32KJVAnd afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.BSBBSB: And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.
35. 33KJVAnd till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.BSBBSB: When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
36. 34KJVBut when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.BSBBSB: But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
37. 35KJVAnd the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.BSBBSB: and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.