The Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ^(B)a mighty rushing wind, and ^(C)it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³ And divided tongues ^(D)as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(E)filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(F)to speak in other tongues ^(G)as the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁵ Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And ^(H)at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. ⁷ And ^(I)they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking ^(J)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹ Parthians and ^(K)Medes and ^(L)Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹ both Jews and ^(M)proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” ¹² And ^(N)all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

^22 (A)You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. ^23 (B)Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. ²⁴ For I will ^(C)cast out nations before you and ^(D)enlarge your borders; ^(E)no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

^25 (F)“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, ^(G)or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. ^26 (H)The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. ^(I)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.”

²⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words ^(J)I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” ^28 (K)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he ^(L)wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.^[a]

The Shining Face of Moses

²⁹ When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with ^(M)the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face ^(N)shone because he had been talking with God.^{[b] 30} Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face ^(O)shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹ But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. ³² Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he ^(P)commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.