Exodus 34

¹And after this he said: “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones, and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke.

²Be prepared in the morning, so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai, and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain.

³Let no one ascend with you, and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain. Likewise, do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.”

⁴And so he cut out two tablets of stone, like those that were before. And rising up in the night, he ascended onto Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had instructed him, carrying with him the tablets.

⁵And when the Lord had descended in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.

⁶And as he was crossing before him, he said: “The Ruler, the Lord God, merciful and lenient, patient and full of compassion and also truthful,

⁷who preserves mercy a thousand fold, who takes away iniquity, and wickedness, and also sin; and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent. You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons, and also to their descendants to the third and fourth generation.”

⁸And hurrying, Moses bowed down prostrate to the ground; and worshiping,

⁹he said: “If I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin, and so possess us.”

¹⁰The Lord responded: “I will enter into a pact in the sight of all. I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth, nor among any nation, so that this people, in whose midst you are, may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.

¹¹Observe everything that I command you this day. I myself will drive out before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹²Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be your ruin.

¹³But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves.

¹⁴Do not be willing to worship any strange god. The jealous Lord is his name. God is a rival.

¹⁵Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions, lest, when they will have fornicated with their gods and worshiped their idols, someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated.

¹⁶Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.

¹⁷You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods.

¹⁸You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, in the time of the month of what is new. For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt.

¹⁹All of the male kind, which open the womb, shall be mine: from all the animals, as much of oxen as of sheep, it shall be mine.

²⁰The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep. But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. You shall not appear empty in my sight.

²¹For six days you shall work. On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest.

²²You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat, and a Solemnity when the time of the year returns and everything is stored away.

²³Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty, the Lord God of Israel.

²⁴For when I will have taken away the nations before your face, and enlarged your borders, no one shall lie in wait against your land when you will go up to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, three times a year.

²⁵You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven; and there shall not remain, in the morning, any of the victim of the Solemnity of the Passover.

²⁶The first of the fruits of your land you shall offer in the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

²⁷And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words to you, through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel.”

²⁸Therefore, he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant.

²⁹And when Moses descended from Mount Sinai, he held the two tablets of the testimony, and he did not know that his face was radiant from the sharing of words with the Lord.

³⁰Then Aaron and the sons of Israel, seeing that the face of Moses was radiant, were afraid to approach close by.

³¹And being called by him, they turned back, both Aaron and the leaders of the assembly. And after he had spoken to them,

³²all the sons of Israel also now came to him. And he instructed them in all the things that he had heard from the Lord on Mount Sinai.

³³And having completed these words, he placed a veil over his face.

³⁴But when he entered to the Lord and was speaking with him, he took it off, until he exited. And then he spoke to the sons of Israel all that had been commanded to him.

³⁵And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out, was radiant, but he covered his face again, whenever he spoke to them.

Exodus 34

¹And after this he said: Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former, and I will write upon them the words, which were in the tables, which thou brokest.

²Be ready in the morning, that thou mayst forthwith go up into Mount Sinai, and thou shalt stand with me upon the top of the mount.

³Let no man go up with thee, and let not any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the oxen nor the sheep feed over against it.

⁴Then he cut out two tables of stone, such as had been before; and rising very early he went up into the Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, carrying with him the tables.

⁵And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.

⁶And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

⁷Who keepest mercy unto thousands: who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grandchildren unto the third and fourth generation.

⁸And Moses making haste, bowed down prostrate unto the earth, and adoring,

⁹Said: If I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, I beseech thee that thou wilt go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked people) and take away our iniquities and sin, and possess us.

¹⁰The Lord answered: I will make a covenant in the sight of all, I will do signs such as were never seen upon the earth, nor in any nations; that this people, in the midst of whom thou art, may see the terrible work of the Lord which I will do.

¹¹Observe all things which this day I command thee: I myself will drive out before thy face the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite.

¹²Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:

¹³But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:

¹⁴Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

¹⁵Make no covenant with the men of those countries; lest, when they have committed fornication with their gods, and have adored their idols, some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed.

¹⁶Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods.

¹⁷Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.

¹⁸Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee in the time of the month of the new corn: for in the month of the spring time thou camest out from Egypt.

¹⁹All of the male kind that openeth the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts; both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be mine.

²⁰The firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep: but if thou wilt not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem: neither shalt thou appear before me empty.

²¹Six days shalt thou work, the seventh day thou shalt cease to plough and to reap.

²²Thou shalt keep the feast of weeks with the firstfruits of the corn of thy wheat harvest, and the feast when the time of the year returneth that all things are laid in.

²³Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel.

²⁴For when I shall have taken away the nations from thy face, and shall have enlarged thy borders, no man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou shalt go up, and appear in the sight of the Lord thy God thrice in a year.

²⁵Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice upon leaven; neither shall there remain in the morning any thing of the victim of the solemnity of the Phase.

²⁶The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

²⁷And the Lord said to Moses: Write thee these words, by which I have made a covenant both with thee and with Israel.

²⁸And 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 ten words of the covenant.

²⁹And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord.

³⁰And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.

³¹And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them,

³²And all the children of Israel came to him: and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord on Mount Sinai.

³³And having done speaking, he put a veil upon his face.

³⁴But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.

³⁵And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them.