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Exodus 34-35
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The Two Tablets Replaced

34 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself (A)two stone tablets like the former ones, and (B)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you smashed. 2 So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to (C)Mount Sinai, and [a]present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. 3 And (D)no one is to come up with you, nor let anyone be seen [b]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.” 4 So he cut out (E)two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses got up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and he took the two stone tablets in his hand. 5 And (F)the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he [c]called upon the name of the Lord. 6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, (G)compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and [d]truth; 7 who (H)keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He (I)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (J)inflicting the [e]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” 8 And Moses hurried [f](K)to bow low toward the ground and worship. 9 Then he said, “(L)If in any way I have found favor in Your sight, Lord, please may the Lord go along in our midst, even though [g](M)the people are so obstinate, and (N)pardon our wrongdoing and our sin, and (O)take us as Your own [h]possession.”

The Covenant Renewed

10 Then [i]God said, “Behold, (P)I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people (Q)I will perform miracles which have not been [j]produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people [k]among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

11 “[l]Be sure to comply with what I am commanding you this day: behold, (R)I am going to drive out the Amorite from you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 (S)Be careful that you do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. 13 (T)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their [m](U)Asherim 14 —for (V)you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God— 15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they would prostitute themselves with their gods and (W)sacrifice to their gods, and someone (X)might invite you [n]to eat of his sacrifice, 16 and (Y)you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons also to prostitute themselves with their gods. 17 (Z)You shall not make for yourself any gods cast in metal.

18 “You shall keep (AA)the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For (AB)seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, [o]as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the (AC)month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

19 “(AD)The [p]firstborn from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the [q]firstborn from [r]cattle and sheep. 20 (AE)You shall redeem with a lamb the firstborn from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem (AF)all the firstborn of your sons. [s](AG)None are to appear before Me empty-handed.

21 “You shall work (AH)six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. 22 And you shall celebrate (AI)the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23 (AJ)Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord [t]God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will [u](AK)drive out nations from 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 “(AL)You shall not [v]offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, (AM)nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to [w]be left over until morning.

26 “You shall bring (AN)the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(AO)Write [x]down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made (AP)a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 So he was there with the Lord for (AQ)forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And [y](AR)He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, (AS)the Ten [z]Commandments.

Moses’ Face Shines

29 And it came about, when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the (AT)two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that (AU)the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and (AV)they were afraid to approach him. 31 Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken [aa]to him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, (AW)he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, (AX)he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, 35 (AY)the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

The Sabbath Emphasized

35 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “(AZ)These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to [ab]do:

2 “(BA)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, (BB)a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; (BC)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 (BD)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, 5 ‘(BE)Take from among you a [ac]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lord’s [ad]contribution: gold, silver, and [ae]bronze, 6 and [af]violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7 and rams’ skins [ag]dyed red, and [ah]fine leather, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [ai]breastpiece.

Tabernacle Artisans

10 ‘(BF)Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the [aj](BG)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the (BH)ark and its poles, the [ak]atoning cover, and the covering curtain; 13 the (BI)table and its poles, and all its [al]utensils, and the bread of the [am]Presence; 14 the (BJ)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the (BK)altar of incense and its poles, and the (BL)anointing oil and the (BM)fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the [an]entrance of the tabernacle; 16 (BN)the altar of burnt offering with its [ao]bronze grating, its poles, and all its [ap]utensils, the basin and its stand; 17 (BO)the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the courtyard and their ropes; 19 the [aq](BP)woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests.’”

Gifts Received

20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 And (BQ)everyone whose heart [ar]stirred him and everyone whose spirit [as]moved him came and brought the Lord’s [at]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 Then all [au]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [av]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who [aw]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Everyone [ax]who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins [ay]dyed red or fine leather, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a [az]contribution of silver and [ba]bronze brought the Lord’s [bb]contribution; and everyone [bc]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 And all the [bd]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart [be]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [bf]breastpiece; 28 and (BR)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [bg]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [bh]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a (BS)[bi]voluntary offering to the Lord.

30 (BT)Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all [bj]craftsmanship; 32 to create [bk]designs for working in gold, in silver, and in [bl]bronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. 34 He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and (BU)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 (BV)He has filled them with [bm]skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:2 Or place yourself before Me
  2. Exodus 34:3 Lit on all
  3. Exodus 34:5 Or called out with the name of the Lord
  4. Exodus 34:6 Or trustworthiness
  5. Exodus 34:7 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  6. Exodus 34:8 Lit and bowed...worshiped
  7. Exodus 34:9 Lit it is a people stiff-necked
  8. Exodus 34:9 Or inheritance
  9. Exodus 34:10 Lit He
  10. Exodus 34:10 Lit created
  11. Exodus 34:10 Lit in whose midst you are
  12. Exodus 34:11 Lit Observe for yourself
  13. Exodus 34:13 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
  14. Exodus 34:15 Lit and you eat
  15. Exodus 34:18 Or which
  16. Exodus 34:19 Lit every firstborn of a womb
  17. Exodus 34:19 Lit every firstborn of a womb
  18. Exodus 34:19 Or oxen
  19. Exodus 34:20 Lit They shall not
  20. Exodus 34:23 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  21. Exodus 34:24 Or dispossess
  22. Exodus 34:25 Lit slaughter
  23. Exodus 34:25 Lit remain overnight
  24. Exodus 34:27 Lit for yourself
  25. Exodus 34:28 I.e., the Lord
  26. Exodus 34:28 Lit Words
  27. Exodus 34:32 Lit with
  28. Exodus 35:1 Lit do them
  29. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  30. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  31. Exodus 35:5 Or copper
  32. Exodus 35:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  33. Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
  34. Exodus 35:7 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch
  35. Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
  36. Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
  37. Exodus 35:12 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  38. Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
  39. Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
  40. Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
  41. Exodus 35:16 Or copper
  42. Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
  43. Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
  44. Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted him up
  45. Exodus 35:21 Or made him willing
  46. Exodus 35:21 Or uplifted offering
  47. Exodus 35:22 Or who were willing-hearted
  48. Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
  49. Exodus 35:22 Lit waved a wave offering
  50. Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
  51. Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
  52. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  53. Exodus 35:24 Or copper
  54. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  55. Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
  56. Exodus 35:25 Lit women wise of heart
  57. Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
  58. Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
  59. Exodus 35:29 Lit sons of Israel
  60. Exodus 35:29 Lit made them willing
  61. Exodus 35:29 Or freewill offering
  62. Exodus 35:31 Or work
  63. Exodus 35:32 Lit devices
  64. Exodus 35:32 Or copper
  65. Exodus 35:35 Lit wisdom of heart
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The New Stone Tablets

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,(A) and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets,(B) which you broke.(C) 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai.(D) Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain;(E) not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

4 So Moses chiseled(F) out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.(G) 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud(H) and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.(I) 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(J) and gracious God, slow to anger,(K) abounding in love(L) and faithfulness,(M) 7 maintaining love to thousands,(N) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(O) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(P) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(Q)

8 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor(R) in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us.(S) Although this is a stiff-necked(T) people, forgive our wickedness and our sin,(U) and take us as your inheritance.”(V)

10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant(W) with you. Before all your people I will do wonders(X) never before done in any nation in all the world.(Y) The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command(Z) you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.(AA) 12 Be careful not to make a treaty(AB) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(AC) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](AD) 14 Do not worship any other god,(AE) for the Lord, whose name(AF) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(AG)

15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(AH) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(AI) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(AJ) 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives(AK) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,(AL) they will lead your sons to do the same.

17 “Do not make any idols.(AM)

18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(AN) For seven days eat bread made without yeast,(AO) as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(AP) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

19 “The first offspring(AQ) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.(AR) Redeem all your firstborn sons.(AS)

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(AT)

21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest;(AU) even during the plowing season and harvest(AV) you must rest.

22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits(AW) of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering(AX) at the turn of the year.[b] 23 Three times(AY) a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations(AZ) before you and enlarge your territory,(BA) and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast,(BB) and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.(BC)

26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(BD) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”(BE)

27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(BF) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant(BG) with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(BH) without eating bread or drinking water.(BI) And he wrote on the tablets(BJ) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(BK)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(BL) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(BM) he was not aware that his face was radiant(BN) because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community(BO) came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands(BP) the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil(BQ) over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant.(BR) Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

Sabbath Regulations

35 Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded(BS) you to do: 2 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath(BT) rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.(BU) 3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.(BV)”

Materials for the Tabernacle(BW)(BX)

4 Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: 5 From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; 6 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 7 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather[c]; acacia wood; 8 olive oil(BY) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 9 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

10 “All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded:(BZ) 11 the tabernacle(CA) with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 12 the ark(CB) with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain(CC) that shields it; 13 the table(CD) with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand(CE) that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; 15 the altar(CF) of incense with its poles, the anointing oil(CG) and the fragrant incense;(CH) the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;(CI) 16 the altar(CJ) of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin(CK) with its stand; 17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;(CL) 18 the tent pegs(CM) for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; 19 the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments(CN) for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

20 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, 21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. 23 Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn(CO) or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. 24 Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it. 25 Every skilled woman(CP) spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. 26 And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. 27 The leaders(CQ) brought onyx stones and other gems(CR) to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.(CS) 29 All the Israelite men and women who were willing(CT) brought to the Lord freewill offerings(CU) for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

Bezalel and Oholiab(CV)

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills(CW)— 32 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 33 to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. 34 And he has given both him and Oholiab(CX) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach(CY) others. 35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work(CZ) as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
  2. Exodus 34:22 That is, in the autumn
  3. Exodus 35:7 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23
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