1 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first. And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke. BSB BSB: 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.
2 GLT And be ready by morning, and in the morning come up to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. BSB BSB: Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
3 GLT And a man shall not come up with you and also let a man not be seen on all of the mountain. Also let not the flocks and the herds graze to the front of that mountain.” BSB BSB: 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.”
4 GLT And he carved two tablets of stone like the first, and Moses got up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai as Yahweh had commanded him. And he took the two tablets of stone in his hand. BSB BSB: 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.
5 GLT And Yahweh came down in the cloud and stood with him there, and he pronounced in the name of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
6 GLT And Yahweh passed over above his face and proclaimed,“Yahweh, Yahweh, a God compassionate and gracious, long of nostril and abounding in covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness, BSB BSB: 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,
7 GLT keeping covenant faithfulness to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. But he will surely not acquit, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons and on the sons of the sons, on the third and on the fourth.” BSB BSB: 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.”
8 GLT And Moses hurried and bowed to the ground and prostrated himself. BSB BSB: Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
9 GLT And he said,“Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, my Lord, may my Lord please go among us, for this{ is} a people hard of neck. And forgive our iniquity and our sin and inherit us.” BSB BSB: “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.”
10 GLT And he said,“Behold, I am about to cut a covenant: before all of your people, I will do wonders that have not been created in all of the earth and in all of the nations. And all of the people that you are in the midst of will see the work of Yahweh, for it{ is} fear- filling, what I{ am} doing with you. BSB BSB: 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.
11 GLT Keep for yourself what I am commanding today. Behold I am about to drive out from before your face the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. BSB BSB: Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
12 GLT Guard yourself, lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitant of the land where you are about to go into, lest he become as a trap in your midst. BSB BSB: Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
13 GLT Instead, their altars you shall break down, and their pillars you shall smash, and his Asherah poles you shall cut down. BSB BSB: Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
14 GLT For you shall not bow to another god, for Yahweh— Jealous{ is} his name— he{ is} a jealous God. BSB BSB: For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15 GLT Lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they prostitute after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and he invite you, and you eat from his sacrifice BSB BSB: 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.
16 GLT and take from his daughters for your sons, and his daughters prostitute after their gods and cause your sons to prostitute after their gods. BSB BSB: 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.
17 GLT Do not make for yourselves gods of molten metal. BSB BSB: You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
18 GLT You shall keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You shall eat unleavened bread seven days, which I commanded you, at the appointed time, the month of Aviv, for in the month of Aviv you came out from Egypt. BSB BSB: 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.
19 GLT All of the openers of the womb are mine{ even from} all of your male livestock, the openers of cattle and of sheep. BSB BSB: The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
20 GLT And the opener of a donkey you shall ransom with a lamb. And if you do not ransom it, then you shall break his neck. You shall ransom all the firstborn of your sons. And you shall not appear at my face empty- handed. BSB BSB: 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.
21 GLT Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest time, you shall rest. BSB BSB: Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
22 GLT And you shall keep for yourself the Festival of Weeks{ with} the first- fruits of the harvest of the wheat, and the Festival of the Gathering at the turning of the year. BSB BSB: 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.
23 GLT Three times in a year, all your males shall appear before the face of the Lord Yahweh, God of Israel. BSB BSB: Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
24 GLT For I will drive out nations before your face and expand your borders. And a man will not desire your land when you go up to appear before the face of Yahweh your God three times in a year. BSB BSB: 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.
25 GLT You shall not slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the Festival of the Passover shall not remain all night to the morning. BSB BSB: 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.
26 GLT 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 the milk of its mother.” BSB BSB: 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.”
27 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Write these words for yourself, for over the mouth of these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel.” BSB BSB: 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.”
28 GLT And he was there with Yahweh 40 days and 40 nights; bread he did not eat and water he did not drink. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words. BSB BSB: 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.
29 GLT And it happened, as Moses{ was} descending from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in the hand of Moses as he{ was} descending from the mountain, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while speaking with him. BSB BSB: 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.
30 GLT And Aaron and all of the sons of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone! And they were afraid to come near to him. BSB BSB: Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
31 GLT And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all of the leaders among the congregation returned to him. And Moses spoke to them. BSB BSB: But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
32 GLT And after this, all of the sons of Israel approached, and he commanded them all that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. BSB BSB: And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.
33 GLT And Moses finished from speaking with them, and he put a veil over his face. BSB BSB: When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
34 GLT And whenever Moses went before the face of Yahweh to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And he would come out, and he would speak to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded. BSB BSB: 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,
35 GLT And the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of the face of Moses shone. And Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with him. BSB BSB: 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.
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