Exodus 34:5   (Read all of Exodus 34)

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.

Exodus 34:6   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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,

Exodus 34:7   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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."

Exodus 34:9   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"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."

Exodus 34:10   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 34:12   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 34:13   (Read all of Exodus 34)

Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.

Exodus 34:15   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"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.

Exodus 34:16   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 34:18   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"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.

Exodus 34:20   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 34:21   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.

Exodus 34:23   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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

Exodus 34:25   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"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.

Exodus 34:26   (Read all of Exodus 34)

"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."

Exodus 34:27   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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."

Exodus 34:29   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 34:30   (Read all of Exodus 34)

When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

Exodus 34:31   (Read all of Exodus 34)

But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them.

Exodus 34:32   (Read all of Exodus 34)

Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

Exodus 34:33   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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

Exodus 34:34   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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,

Exodus 34:35   (Read all of Exodus 34)

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.

Exodus 35:1   (Read all of Exodus 35)

Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: