1 T he Lord said to Moses, “Cut two pieces of stone like the first ones. And I will write on the stones the words that were on the first stones which you broke.

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.

2 S o be ready in the morning. Come up in the morning to Mount Sinai. And stand before Me on the top of the mountain.

So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.

3 N o one is to come up with you. Do not let anyone be seen on the whole mountain. Even the sheep and the cattle may not eat in front of the mountain.”

No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.”

4 S o Moses cut two pieces of stone like the first ones. Then he got up early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord told him. And he took the two pieces of stone in his hand.

So he cut out 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.

5 T he Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with Moses as he called upon the name of the Lord.

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.

6 T hen the Lord passed by in front of him, saying, “The Lord, the Lord God, with loving-pity and loving-favor, slow to anger, filled with loving-kindness and truth,

Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;

7 k eeping loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving wrong-doing and sin. But He will not let the guilty go without being punished. He brings the sin of fathers down upon the children, even the great-grandchildren.”

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

8 M oses was quick to put his face to the ground and worship.

Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship.

9 A nd Moses said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in Your eyes, I pray, let the Lord go with us, even if the people are strong-willed. Forgive our wrong-doing and our sin. And take us for Your own.” The Agreement Made Alive Again

He said, “ If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.” The Covenant Renewed

10 T hen God said, “See, I am going to make an agreement. I will do powerful works in front of all your people which have never been done on earth among any nation. All the people with whom you live will see the work of the Lord. For what I am going to do with you will fill people with fear.

Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

11 B e sure to do what I am telling you this day. See, I am going to drive out of your way the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

“ Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day: behold, I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.

12 T ake care to make no agreement with the people of the land where you are going. It would be a trap to you.

Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst.

13 I nstead you are to tear down their altars, break their objects of worship, and cut down their false gods.

But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim

14 F or you must not worship any other god. For the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

—for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

15 S o do not make an agreement with the people of the land. Or when they follow their desire with their gods and give gifts to their gods, they would ask you to eat of their gift used in worship.

otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice,

16 A nd you would marry your sons to their daughters who follow their gods. And they would lead your sons to follow their gods also.

and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

17 D o not make any gods for yourself.

You shall make for yourself no molten gods.

18 “ Keep the special supper of bread without yeast. Eat bread without yeast for seven days as I told you, at the time set aside for it in the month of Abib. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.

“You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

19 E very first-born belongs to Me, and all your male animals, the first-born from cattle and sheep.

“ The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

20 B ut the life of a first-born donkey should be paid for with the blood of a lamb. If you do not pay for its life, you should break its neck. Pay for the life of all your first-born sons with the blood of a lamb. No one is to come before Me without a gift.

You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None shall appear before Me empty-handed.

21 “ Work six days, but rest on the seventh day. Rest even during plowing time and gathering time.

“You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

22 H ave the special supper of weeks at the first gathering of grain. Have the special supper of gathering time at the end of the year.

You shall celebrate 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 T hree times a year all your males are to come before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

24 F or I will drive nations out of your way and give you more land. No man will desire to have your land when you go to show yourselves before the Lord your God.

For I will drive out 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 the Lord your God.

25 “ Do not give the blood of My gift together with bread made with yeast. Do not leave any of the gift of the special supper of the Passover until morning.

“ You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning.

26 B ring the first of the first-fruits of your ground into the house of the Lord your God. Do not boil the meat of a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

27 T he Lord said to Moses, “Write these words. For by these words I have made an agreement with you and with Israel.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “ Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

28 M oses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the stones the words of the agreement, the Ten Great Laws. Moses Goes Down from Mount Sinai

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. Moses’ Face Shines

29 M oses came down from Mount Sinai with the two stone writings in his hand. He did not know that the skin of his face was shining because of his speaking with the Lord.

It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

30 W hen Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, they saw that the skin of his face was shining. They were afraid to come near him.

So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

31 B ut Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the people returned to him. And Moses spoke to them.

Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.

32 A fter this all the people of Israel came near. Moses told them to do all the Lord had said to him on Mount Sinai.

Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

33 W hen Moses had finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a piece of cloth.

When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

34 B ut whenever Moses went before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take off the face covering until he came out. Then he would tell the people of Israel what the Lord had said for them to do.

But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded,

35 T he people of Israel saw that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would put the covering over his face again until he went in to speak with the Lord.

the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.