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| 1And 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. | 1The 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. |
| 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. | 2Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. |
| 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. | 3No 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." |
| 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. | 4So 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. |
| 5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. | 5Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, 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, | 6And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, |
| 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. | 7maintaining 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." |
| 8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. | 8Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. |
| 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. | 9"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." |
| 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. | 10Then 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. |
| 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. | 11Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. |
| 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: | 12Be 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. |
| 13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: | 13Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. |
| 14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: | 14Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, 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; | 15"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. |
| 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. | 16And 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. |
| 17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. | 17"Do not make any idols. |
| 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. | 18"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. |
| 19All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. | 19"The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. |
| 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. | 20Redeem 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. |
| 21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. | 21"Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must 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. | 22"Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. |
| 23Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. | 23Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, 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. | 24I 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. |
| 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. | 25"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. |
| 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. | 26"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." |
| 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. | 27Then 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." |
| 28And 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. | 28Moses 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. |
| 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. | 29When 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. |
| 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. | 30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. |
| 31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. | 31But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to 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. | 32Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai. |
| 33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. | 33When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over 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. | 34But 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, |
| 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. | 35they 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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