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Stone Tablets like the Former Ones

34 Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Carve 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 shattered. So be prepared 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. (D)And no man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen [b]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.” So he carved out (E)two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. (F)Then Yahweh descended in the cloud and stood there with him, and [c]He called upon the name of Yahweh. Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, (G)compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and [d]truth; who (H)keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He (I)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (J)visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” And Moses made haste [e](K)to bow low toward the earth and worship. And he said, “(L)If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though [f](M)they are a stiff-necked people, and (N)pardon our iniquity and our sin, and (O)take us as Your own inheritance.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:2 Or place yourself before
  2. Exodus 34:3 Lit on all
  3. Exodus 34:5 Or possibly he (Moses), but cf. 33:19
  4. Exodus 34:6 Or faithfulness
  5. Exodus 34:8 Lit and bowed...worshiped
  6. Exodus 34:9 Lit it is

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 shattered. 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. (D)No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen [b]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.” So he cut out (E)two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. (F)The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as [c]he called upon the name of the Lord. Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, (G)compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and [d]truth; who (H)keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He (I)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (J)visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Moses made haste [e](K)to bow low toward the earth and worship. He said, “(L)If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though [f](M)the people are so obstinate, and (N)pardon our iniquity and our sin, and (O)take us as Your own [g]possession.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:2 Or place yourself before
  2. Exodus 34:3 Lit on all
  3. Exodus 34:5 Or he called out with the name of the Lord
  4. Exodus 34:6 Or faithfulness
  5. Exodus 34:8 Lit and bowed...worshiped
  6. Exodus 34:9 Lit it is a people stiff-necked
  7. Exodus 34:9 Or inheritance