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Exodus 34
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Exodus 34
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Moses Makes New Tablets
34 The Lord said to Moses, (A)“Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, (B)and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, (C)which you broke. 2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me (D)on the top of the mountain. 3 No (E)one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” 4 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. 5 The Lord (F)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and (G)proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (H)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (I)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (J)love and faithfulness, 7 (K)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (L)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (M)who will by no means clear the guilty, (N)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.” 8 And Moses quickly (O)bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please (P)let the Lord go in the midst of us, for (Q)it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for (R)your inheritance.”
The Covenant Renewed
10 And he said, “Behold, (S)I am making a covenant. Before all your people (T)I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an (U)awesome thing that I will do with you.
11 “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, (V)I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12 (W)Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a (X)snare in your midst. 13 You shall (Y)tear down their altars and (Z)break their pillars and cut down their (AA)Asherim 14 (for (AB)you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15 (AC)lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they (AD)whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and (AE)you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (AF)their daughters for your sons, and their daughters (AG)whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
17 (AH)“You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.
18 (AI)“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in (AJ)the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19 (AK)All that open the womb are mine, all your male[b] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20 The (AL)firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And (AM)none shall appear before me empty-handed.
21 (AN)“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22 (AO)You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. 23 (AP)Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will (AQ)cast out nations before you and (AR)enlarge your borders; (AS)no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25 (AT)“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, (AU)or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. 26 (AV)The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. (AW)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 (AX)I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 (AY)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he (AZ)wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.[c]
The Shining Face of Moses
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with (BA)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 (BB)shone because he had been talking with God.[d] 30 Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face (BC)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 (BD)commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a (BE)veil over his face.
34 Whenever Moses (BF)went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, 35 the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face was (BG)shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Footnotes
- Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation
- Exodus 34:19 Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Exodus 34:28 Hebrew the ten words
- Exodus 34:29 Hebrew him
Exodus 34
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Exodus 34
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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.
Footnotes
- Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
- Exodus 34:22 That is, in the autumn
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Las nuevas tablas de piedra
34 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Labra dos tablas de piedra semejantes a las primeras que rompiste. Voy a escribir en ellas las mismas palabras que estaban escritas en las primeras. 2 Prepárate para subir mañana a la cumbre del monte Sinaí y presentarte allí ante mí. 3 Nadie debe acompañarte ni debe verse a nadie en ninguna parte del monte. Ni siquiera las ovejas y las vacas deben pastar frente al monte».
4 Moisés labró dos tablas de piedra semejantes a las primeras y muy de mañana las llevó en sus manos al monte Sinaí, como se lo había ordenado el Señor. 5 El Señor descendió en la nube y se puso junto a Moisés. Luego le dio a conocer su nombre: 6 pasando delante de él, proclamó:
—El Señor, el Señor, Dios compasivo y misericordioso, lento para la ira y grande en amor y fidelidad, 7 que mantiene su amor hasta mil generaciones después y que perdona la maldad, la rebelión y el pecado; pero no tendrá por inocente al culpable, sino que castiga la maldad de los padres en los hijos hasta la tercera y cuarta generación.
8 Enseguida Moisés se postró en tierra y adoró al Señor. 9 Y dijo:
—Señor, si realmente cuento con tu favor, ven y quédate entre nosotros. Reconozco que este es un pueblo terco, pero perdona nuestra iniquidad y nuestro pecado, y adóptanos como tu herencia.
El nuevo pacto
10 —Mira el pacto que hago ahora —respondió el Señor—. A la vista de todo tu pueblo haré maravillas que ante ninguna nación del mundo han sido realizadas. El pueblo en medio del cual vives verá las imponentes obras que yo, el Señor, haré por ti. 11 Por lo que a ti toca, cumple con lo que hoy te mando. Echaré de tu presencia a los amorreos, cananeos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos. 12 Ten mucho cuidado de no hacer ningún pacto con los habitantes de la tierra que vas a ocupar, pues de lo contrario serán para ti una trampa. 13 Derriba sus altares, haz pedazos sus piedras sagradas y sus imágenes de la diosa Aserá. 14 No adores a otros dioses, porque el Señor es muy celoso. Su nombre es Dios celoso.
15 »No hagas ningún pacto con los habitantes de esta tierra, porque se prostituyen por ir tras sus dioses y, cuando ofrezcan sacrificios a esos dioses, te invitarán a participar de ellos. 16 Y si casas a tu hijo con una de sus mujeres, cuando ella se prostituya por ir tras sus dioses, inducirá a tu hijo a hacer lo mismo.
17 »No te hagas ídolos de metal fundido.
18 »Celebra la fiesta de los Panes sin levadura y come de ese pan durante siete días, como te lo he ordenado. Celebra esa fiesta en el mes de aviv, que es la fecha señalada, pues en ese mes saliste de Egipto.
19 »Todo hijo primogénito me pertenece, incluyendo las primeras crías de tus vacas y de tus ovejas. 20 Deberás rescatar a todos tus primogénitos. Al asno primogénito podrás rescatarlo a cambio de un cordero; pero si no lo rescatas, tendrás que romperle el cuello.
»Nadie se presentará ante mí con las manos vacías.
21 »Trabaja durante seis días, pero descansa el séptimo. Ese día deberás descansar, incluso en el tiempo de arar y cosechar.
22 »Celebra con las primicias de la cosecha de trigo la fiesta de las Semanas y también la fiesta de la cosecha de fin de año.[a] 23 Todos tus varones deberán presentarse ante mí, su Señor y Dios, el Dios de Israel, tres veces al año. 24 Yo echaré de tu presencia a las naciones y ensancharé tu territorio. Cuando vengan tres veces al año ante mí, su Señor y Dios, nadie codiciará tu tierra.
25 »Cuando me ofrezcas un animal, no mezcles con levadura su sangre. Del animal que se ofrece en la fiesta de la Pascua no debe quedar nada para la mañana siguiente.
26 »Llevarás a la casa del Señor tu Dios lo mejor de tus primicias.
»No cocerás ningún cabrito en la leche de su madre».
27 El Señor dijo a Moisés:
—Pon estas palabras por escrito, pues en ellas se basa el pacto que ahora hago contigo y con Israel.
28 Y Moisés se quedó en el monte con el Señor cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, sin comer ni beber nada. Allí, en las tablas, escribió los términos del pacto, es decir, los diez mandamientos.
El rostro resplandeciente de Moisés
29 Cuando Moisés descendió del monte Sinaí, traía en sus manos las dos tablas del pacto. Pero no sabía que, por haberle hablado el Señor, de su rostro salía un haz de luz. 30 Al ver Aarón y todos los israelitas el rostro resplandeciente de Moisés, tuvieron miedo de acercársele; 31 pero Moisés llamó a Aarón y a todos los jefes y ellos regresaron para hablar con él. 32 Luego se acercaron todos los israelitas y Moisés ordenó acatar todo lo que el Señor le había dicho en el monte Sinaí.
33 En cuanto Moisés terminó de hablar con ellos, se cubrió el rostro con un velo. 34 Siempre que entraba a la presencia del Señor para hablar con él, se quitaba el velo hasta que salía. Al salir, comunicaba a los israelitas lo que el Señor le había ordenado decir. 35 Y como los israelitas veían que su rostro resplandecía, Moisés se cubría de nuevo el rostro, hasta que entraba a hablar otra vez con el Señor.
Footnotes
- 34:22 El fin de año caía en otoño.
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