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
Revised Standard Version
The Covenant Renewed
10 And he said, “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought 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 a terrible thing that I will do with you.
11 “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Per′izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb′usites. 12 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither you go, lest it become a snare in the midst of you. 13 You shall tear down their altars, and break their pillars, and cut down their Ashe′rim 14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they play the harlot after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and one invites you, you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods and make your sons play the harlot after their gods.
17 “You shall make for yourself no molten gods.
18 “The feast of unleavened bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19 All that opens the womb is mine, all your male[a] cattle, the firstlings of cow and sheep. 20 The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the first-born of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22 And you shall observe the feast of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end. 23 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning. 26 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”
27 And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.[b]
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- Exodus 34:19 Gk Theodotion Vg Tg: Heb uncertain
- Exodus 34:28 Heb words
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