1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

4And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name isJealous, is a jealous God:

15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

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

19All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

20But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

23Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

26The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

27And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.

34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

1 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Hew thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first: and I will write vpon these Tables, the words that were in the first Tables which thou brakest.

2And be ready in the morning, and come vp in the morning vnto mount Sinai, and present thy selfe there to me, in the top of the mount.

3And no man shall come vp with thee, neither let any man bee seene throughout all the mount, neither let the flockes nor herds feede before that mount.

4 And he hewed two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and Moses rose vp earely in the morning, and went vp vnto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and tooke in his hand the two tables of stone.

5And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name of the Lord.

6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, mercifull and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodnesse and trueth,

7Keeping mercie for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne, and that will by no meanes cleere the guiltie, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, and vpon the childrens children, vnto the third and to the fourth generation.

8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

9And he said, If now I haue found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, goe amongst vs, (for it is a stiffenecked people,) and pardon our iniquitie, and our sinne, and take vs for thine inheritance.

10 And he said, Behold, I make a couenant: before all thy people, I wil doe marueiles, such as haue not beene done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people amongst which thou art, shall see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will doe with thee.

11Obserue thou that which I command thee this day: Behold, I driue out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hiuite, and the Iebusite.

12Take heed to thy selfe, lest thou make a couenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee.

13But ye shall destroy their altars, breake their images, and cut downe their groues.

14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Ielous, is a Ielous God:

15Lest thou make a couenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eate of his sacrifice,

16And thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.

17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

18 The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou keepe: Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee in the time of the moneth Abib: for in the moneth Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

19All that openeth the matrixe is mine: and euery firstling amongst thy cattell, whether oxe or sheepe, that is male.

20But the firstling of an Asse thou shalt redeeme with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then shalt thou breake his necke. All the first borne of thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme: and none shall appeare before me empty.

21 Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in haruest thou shalt rest.

22 And thou shalt obserue the feast of weekes, of the first fruits of wheat haruest, and the feast of ingathering at the yeeres end.

23 Thrice in the yeere shall all your men children appeare before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt goe vp to appeare before the Lord thy God, thrice in the yeere.

25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the morning.

26The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring vnto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seeth a kid in his mothers milke.

27And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenour of these wordes, I haue made a couenant with thee, and with Israel.

28And hee was there with the Lord forty dayes and forty nights: he did neither eat bread, nor drinke water; and he wrote vpon the Tables the words of the couenant, the ten Commandements.

29 And it came to passe when Moses came downe from mount Sinai (with the two Tables of Testimony in Moses hand, when hee came downe from the mount) that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone, while he talked with him.

30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skinne of his face shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him.

31And Moses called vnto them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the Congregation returned vnto him, and Moses talked with them.

32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gaue them in commandement all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vaile on his face.

34But when Moses went in before the Lord to speake with him, hee tooke the vaile off, vntill he came out: And hee came out and spake vnto the children of Israel, that which he was commanded.

35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skinne of Moses face shone: and Moses put the vaile vpon his face againe, vntill hee went in to speake with him.

I == 2nd Cor 3:3

 

 

 

II == Ex 19:20 ; 24:12

 

III == Ex 19:12-13 , 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V == Ex 33:19 ; Num 14:17

 

 

VI == Joel 2:13 ; Jas 5:11 ; Rom 2:4

 

VII == Ex 20:6 ; Deut 5:10 ; Job 10:14 ; Mic 6:11 ; Nah 1:3

 

 

 

 

VIII == Ex 4:31

 

IX Deut 32:9 ; Zech 2:12

 

 

 

X -- 2nd Sam 7:23 ; Ps 77:14 ; 78:12 145:6 ; 147:20 ; Isa 64:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIII == Judg 2:2 ; 6:25 ; 2nd Kings 18:4 23:14 ; 2nd Chr 31:1 ; 34:3-4

XIV == Ex 20:3 , 5 ; Isa 9:6 ; 57:15

XV == Num 25:2 ; 1st Cor 10:27

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVII == Ex 32:8 ; Lev 19:4

 

 

 

 

 

XIX == Lk 2:23

 

 

XX == Ex 13:13 ; 23:15 ; Num 18:15 ;Deut 16:16 ; 1st Sam 9:7-8 ; 2nd Sam 24:24

 

XXI == Ex 20:9 ; 23:12 ; 35:2 ; Deut 5:12-13 ; Luke 13:14

 

 

 

 

XXIII == Ex 23:14 , 17 ; Deut 16:16

XXIV == Gen 35:5 ; 2nd Chr 17:10 ; Acts 18:10

 

XXV == Ex 12:10 ; 23:18

 

 

 

XXVI == Ex 23:19 ; Deut 14:21 ; 26:2 , 10

 

XXVII == Ex 33:10 ; Deut 4:13 ; 31:9

 

 

XXVIII == Ex 24:18 ; 31:18 ; 32:16 ; 33:1 ; Deut 4:13 ; 9:9 , 18 ; 10:2 , 4 ; Mt 4:2 ; Jn 1:17

XXIX == Ex 32:15 ; Matt 17:2 ; 2nd Cor 3:7 , 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXXII == Ex 24:3

 

 

XXXIII == 2nd Cor 3:13

 

XXXIV == 2nd Cor 3:16

 

 

1 The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the former, that I may write on them the commandments which were on the former tablets that you broke.

2 Get ready for tomorrow morning, when you are to go up Mount Sinai and there present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.

3 No one shall come up with you, and no one is even to be seen on any part of the mountain; even the flocks and the herds are not to go grazing toward this mountain."

4 Moses then cut two stone tablets like the former, and early the next morning he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets.

5 Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with him there and proclaimed his name, "LORD."

6 Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, "The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity,

7 continuing his kindness for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but punishing children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for their fathers' wickedness!"

8 Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship.

9 Then he said, "If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own."

10 "Here, then," said the LORD, "is the covenant I will make. Before the eyes of all your people I will work such marvels as have never been wrought in any nation anywhere on earth, so that this people among whom you live may see how awe-inspiring are the deeds which I, the LORD, will do at your side.

11 But you, on your part, must keep the commandments I am giving you today. "I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

12 Take care, therefore, not to make a covenant with these inhabitants of the land that you are to enter; else they will become a snare among you.

13 Tear down their altars; smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their sacred poles.

14 You shall not worship any other god, for the LORD is 'the Jealous One'; a jealous God is he.

15 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of that land; else, when they render their wanton worship to their gods and sacrifice to them, one of them may invite you and you may partake of his sacrifice.

16 Neither shall you take their daughters as wives for your sons; otherwise, when their daughters render their wanton worship to their gods, they will make your sons do the same.

17 "You shall not make for yourselves molten gods.

18 "You shall keep the feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the prescribed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

19 "To me belongs every first-born male that opens the womb among all your livestock, whether in the herd or in the flock.

20 The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with one of the flock; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. The first-born among your sons you shall redeem. "No one shall appear before me empty-handed.

21 "For six days you may work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; on that day you must rest even during the seasons of plowing and harvesting.

22 "You shall keep the feast of Weeks with the first of the wheat harvest; likewise, the feast at the fruit harvest at the close of the year.

23 Three times a year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the LORD God of Israel.

24 Since I will drive out the nations before you to give you a large territory, there will be no one to covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD, your God.

25 "You shall not offer me the blood of sacrifice with leavened bread, nor shall the sacrifice of the Passover feast be kept overnight for the next day.

26 "The choicest first fruits of your soil you shall bring to the house of the LORD, your God. "You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk."

27 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with them I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

28 So Moses stayed there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights, without eating any food or drinking any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

29 As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the LORD.

30 When Aaron, then, and the other Israelites saw Moses and noticed how radiant the skin of his face had become, they were afraid to come near him.

31 Only after Moses called to them did Aaron and all the rulers of the community come back to him. Moses then spoke to them.

32 Later on, all the Israelites came up to him, and he enjoined on them all that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.

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

34 Whenever Moses entered the presence of the LORD to converse with him, he removed the veil until he came out again. On coming out, he would tell the Israelites all that had been commanded.

35 Then the Israelites would see that the skin of Moses' face was radiant; so he would again put the veil over his face until he went in to converse with the LORD.

v 1-4. The Lord does not rebuke Moses for breaking the first tablets, but simply tells him to hew out two more like them, bring them to the top of Mount Sinai, and God would write on them as before. They were probably thin shale, prominent in that area, and easy to shape. Moses was to come alone with them next morning after making sure no people or their animals came onto the holy mount. Moses obeyed.

 

v 5-7. The Lord descended to Moses in a cloud and repeated His name, “Lord, or Jehovah, the self existent One, the I Am,” for emphasis. God revealed Himself as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, loving kindness, truth and forgiving, but just, requiring the penalty of sin to be paid. God extends mercy to thousands of generations, but will not extend the effects of sin beyond the third or forth generation.

 

v 8,9. After this awesome revelation of God’s nature, Moses humbly recognizes the depravity of the people and again pleads for God’s forgiveness and presence. 

v 10-17. God renews His covenant with Israel and promises even greater things, but He gives a condition. They must not make a covenant with the nations they defeat, but are to break down their places of false worship. They are not to intermarry with them or they will turn to their gods, and again the command not to make false gods. This emphasis may be because of the people’s lapse by making a golden calf.
The following verses having to do with feasts see also in Lev. 23 and Deut. 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 18-20. The first annual feast, the Passover is commanded along with the redemption of firstborn males. They are mentioned together due to the importance of the redemption factor of each.

 

 

 

v 21. This is another reminder to observe the sabbath.

 

v 22. Here is the Feast of Weeks and Feast of Ingathering or Tabernacles. Definite command in Ex. 23:15, Deut 16:16 etc., many more details given in Lev. 23. 

v 23-26. This is further enjoiner and reminder concerning the three feasts. The Lord promised to protect their lands from enemies while they were attending them. They were not to offer with leaven, but destroy leftovers before morning, and bring the first fruits of the land. Boiling a kid in it’s mother’s milk was common among the Canaanites as a fertility rite, and the milk was sprinkled over their fields. God didn’t want his people involved in anything related to idolatry. The prohibition may also have involved not taking what was given to promote life, milk, to destroy the young life of the kid which should have been left with it’s mother.

v 27,28. The third time the commandments are given, the tables are made by Moses and the law is again written by the hand of the Lord, 34:1 and Deut 10:1-4. Confusion exists because in Ex. 34:27 the Lord says to Moses, “Write thou” and verse 28 “he wrote”. This is not a conflict with verse 1 and Deut. 10:1-4. It is simply that God wrote the ten commandments and Moses wrote the ceremonial parts given in Ex 34:11-26 as he did in Ex. 24:4 and read them in 24:7.

v 29-35. It is well established that face, hand etc. are figurative, so 33:23 refers to a mere part of God’s glory. This was even more than the people could bear, as they could not look on Moses’ face as it shone, 34:29. This time instead of coming down in anger, Moses face shines from the glory of the Lord. It literally sent out rays. Others have to tell him, and others should honor us, and not we ourselves. The people know of their guilt and fear him, so he veils himself when talking to them and removes it before God. (Compare 2 Cor. 3:16.) This may have lasted until Aaron took office.
See Chap 35 for trips up and down the mountain. HORNED: That is, shining, and sending forth rays of light like horns.