Exodus 34:10-28
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Cuts a Covenant with Israel
10 Then [a]God said, “Behold, (A)I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people (B)I will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people [b]among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.
11 “[c]Be sure to keep what I am commanding you this day: behold, (C)I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 (D)Beware lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst. 13 (E)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and cut down their [d](F)Asherim 14 —for (G)you shall not worship any other god, for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God— 15 lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and (H)sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (I)invite you [e]to eat of his sacrifice, 16 and (J)you take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods. 17 (K)You shall make for yourself no molten gods.
18 “You shall keep (L)the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For (M)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, which I commanded you, at the appointed time in the (N)month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
19 “(O)The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from [f]cattle and sheep. 20 (P)And you shall redeem with a lamb the [g]first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem (Q)all the firstborn of your sons. [h](R)None shall appear before Me empty-handed.
21 “You shall work (S)six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. 22 And you shall celebrate (T)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 (U)Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel. 24 For I will (V)dispossess nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before Yahweh your God.
25 “(W)You shall not [i]offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, (X)and the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover shall not [j]be left over until morning.
26 “You shall bring (Y)the very first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God.
“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “(Z)Write [k]down these words, for in accordance with these words I have cut (AA)a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 So he was there with Yahweh (AB)forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And [l](AC)he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, (AD)the Ten [m]Commandments.
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- Exodus 34:10 Lit He
- Exodus 34:10 Lit in whose midst you are
- Exodus 34:11 Lit Keep for yourself
- Exodus 34:13 Wooden symbols of a female deity
- Exodus 34:15 Lit and you eat
- Exodus 34:19 Or oxen
- Exodus 34:20 Lit first opening of
- Exodus 34:20 Lit They shall not
- Exodus 34:25 Lit slaughter
- Exodus 34:25 Lit remain overnight
- Exodus 34:27 Lit for yourself
- Exodus 34:28 Or He, Yahweh
- Exodus 34:28 Lit Words
Exodus 34:10-28
Common English Bible
Renewing the broken covenant
10 The Lord said: I now make a covenant. In front of all your people, I’ll perform dramatic displays of power that have never been done before anywhere on earth or in any nation. All the people who are around you will see what the Lord does, because I will do an awesome thing with you.
11 Be sure to obey what I command you today. I’m about to drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12 Be careful that you don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a dangerous trap for you. 13 You must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their sacred poles. 14 You must not bow down to another god, because the Lord is passionate: the Lord’s name means “a passionate God.” 15 Don’t make a covenant with those who live in the land. When they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they may invite you and you may end up eating some of the sacrifice. 16 Then you might go and choose their daughters as wives for your sons. And their daughters who prostitute themselves with their gods might lead your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
17 Don’t make metal gods for yourself.
18 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You should eat unleavened bread for seven days, as I commanded you, at the set time in the month of Abib,[a] because it was in the month of Abib that you came out of Egypt.
19 Every first offspring is mine. That includes all your male livestock, the oldest offspring of cows and sheep. 20 But a donkey’s oldest offspring you may ransom with a sheep. Or if you don’t ransom it, you must break its neck. You should ransom all of your oldest sons.
No one should appear before me empty-handed.
21 You should do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you should rest. Even during plowing or harvesttime you should rest. 22 You should observe the Festival of Weeks, for the early produce of the wheat harvest, and the Gathering Festival at the end of the year. 23 All your males should appear three times a year before the Lord God, Israel’s God. 24 I will drive out nations before you and extend your borders. No one will desire and try to take your land if you go up and appear before the Lord your God three times a year.
25 Don’t slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened. The sacrifice of the Passover Festival shouldn’t be left over until the morning.
26 Bring the best of the early produce of your farmland to the Lord your God’s temple.
Don’t boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
27 The Lord said to Moses: “Write down these words because by these words I hereby make a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He didn’t eat any bread or drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.
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- Exodus 34:18 March–April, named Nisan after the exile
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