Exodus 34 Parallel Bible

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1	And YHWH says to Moses, “Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I have written on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets which you have broken;	The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.	The LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2	and be prepared at morning, and you have come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and have stood before Me there, on the top of the mountain,	Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.	Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.
3	and no man comes up with you, and also no man is seen in all the mountain, also the flock and the herd do not feed toward the front of that mountain.”	No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.”	No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
4	And he hews two tablets of stone like the first, and Moses rises early in the morning, and goes up to Mount Sinai as YHWH commanded him, and takes [the] two tablets of stone in his hand.	So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.	So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.
5	And YHWH comes down in a cloud, and stations Himself with him there, and calls in the Name of YHWH,	The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.	Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD.
6	and YHWH passes over before his face, and calls: “YHWH, YHWH God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,	The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,	And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
7	keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons and on sons’ sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation].”	keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”	maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
8	And Moses hurries, and bows to the earth, and pays respect,	And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.	Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped.
9	and says, “Now if I have found grace in Your eyes, O my Lord, please let my Lord go in our midst (for it [is] a stiff-necked people), and you have forgiven our iniquity and our sin, and have inherited us.”	And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”	“Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
10	And He says, “Behold, I am making a covenant. I do wonders before all your people, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation, and all the people in whose midst you [are in] have seen the work of YHWH, for it [is] fearful—that which I am doing with you.	And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created 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 an awesome thing that I will do with you.	Then the LORD said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you.
11	Observe for yourself that which I am commanding you today. Behold, I am casting out from before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite;	“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.	Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
12	take heed to yourself lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst;	Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.	Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.
13	for you break down their altars, and you shatter their standing pillars, and you cut down its Asherim;	You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim	Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.
14	for you do not bow yourselves to another god—for YHWH, whose Name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.	(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),	Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15	Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] has called to you, and you have eaten of his sacrifice,	lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice,	“Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.
16	and you have taken of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters have gone whoring after their gods, and have caused your sons to go whoring after their gods;	and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.	And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17	you do not make a molten god for yourself.	“You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.	“Do not make any idols.
18	You keep the Celebration of Unleavened Things; [for] seven days you eat unleavened things, as I have commanded you, at an appointed time, [in] the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.	“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 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.	“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19	All opening a womb [are] Mine, and every firstling of your livestock born a male, [whether] ox or sheep;	All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.	“The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.
20	and you ransom the firstling of a donkey with a lamb; and if you do not ransom, then you have beheaded it; you ransom every firstborn of your sons, and they do not appear before Me empty.	The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.	Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons. “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21	[For] six days you work, and on the seventh day you rest; in plowing-time and in harvest you rest.	“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.	“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22	And you observe [the] Celebration of Weeks for yourself, of [the] first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the Celebration of Ingathering at the revolution of the year.	You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.	“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
23	Three times in a year all your males appear before the Lord YHWH, God of Israel;	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel.	Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
24	for I dispossess nations from before you, and have enlarged your border, and no man desires your land in your going up to appear before your God YHWH three times in a year.	For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.	I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God.
25	You do not slaughter the blood of My sacrifice with a fermented thing; and the sacrifice of the Celebration of the Passover does not remain until morning.	“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning.	“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.
26	You bring the first of the first-fruits of the land into the house of your God YHWH. You do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”	The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”	“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27	And YHWH says to Moses, “Write these words for yourself, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel according to the tenor of these words.”	And the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant 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	And he is there with YHWH forty days and forty nights; he has not eaten bread, and he has not drunk water; and he writes on the tablets the matters of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.	So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.	Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
29	And it comes to pass, when Moses is coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony [are] in the hand of Moses in his coming down from the mountain), that Moses has not known that the skin of his face has shone in His speaking with him,	When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.	When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.
30	and Aaron sees—all the sons of Israel also—Moses, and behold, the skin of his face has shone, and they are afraid of coming near to him.	Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.	When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.
31	And Moses calls to them, and Aaron and all the princes in the congregation return to him, and Moses speaks to them;	But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.	But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them.
32	and afterward all the sons of Israel have come near, and he charges them with all that YHWH has spoken with him in Mount Sinai.	Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.	Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.
33	And Moses finishes speaking with them, and puts a veil on his face;	And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.	When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face.
34	and in the going in of Moses before YHWH to speak with Him, he turns aside the veil until his coming out; and he has come out and has spoken to the sons of Israel that which he is commanded;	Whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded,	But whenever he entered the LORD’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,
35	and the sons of Israel have seen the face of Moses, that the skin of the face of Moses has shone, and Moses has put back the veil on his face until his going in to speak with Him.	the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.	they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.
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