Exodus 34

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

1The Lord said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the first tablets, which you broke."

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

2"Be ready by morning, and come up Mount Sinai then. Present yourself to me there on the 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.

3"No one else is allowed to come up with you. Don't let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze in front of that 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 Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.

4So Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning and climbed Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, carrying the two stone tablets in his hands.

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

5The Lord came down in the cloud, stood there with him, and announced his name, 'The Lord.'

6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;

6The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God who is merciful and kind, slow to get angry, and filled with constant love and truth."

7keeping lovingkindness 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

7"He shows constant love to thousands and forgives wickedness, rebellion, and sin. However, he does not let the guilty go unpunished, bringing the consequences of the parents' sins on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation."

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

8Moses quickly bowed his head to the ground and worshiped.

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

9He said, "Lord, if I have truly found favor in your sight, please travel with us. Even though these people are stubborn, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and accept us as your own special people."

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

10The Lord said, "Listen, I am making a covenant. Before all your people, I will perform miracles that have never been done anywhere on earth or in any nation. All the people around you will see the power of the Lord, because what I am going to do through you is awesome."

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.

11"Make sure you obey what I command you today. I am driving out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites ahead of you."

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:

12"Be careful not to make any treaties with the people living in the land where you are going, or they will become a trap for you."

13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

13"Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles."

14(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

14"You must not worship any other god, because the Lord’s name is Jealous; he is a God who demands total loyalty."

15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;

15"Be careful not to make a treaty with the people of that land. When they chase after their gods and offer sacrifices to them, they will invite you to join them, and you will eat their sacrifices."

16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

16"Then you will choose their daughters as wives for your sons. When those daughters chase after their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same."

17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

17"Do not make any metal idols for yourselves."

18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in 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 at the set time in the month of Abib, as I commanded you, because that is the month you came out of Egypt."

19All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

19"The firstborn of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether cattle or sheep."

20And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

20"You must buy back every firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. You must buy back all your firstborn sons. No one is to appear before me without an offering."

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

21"You shall work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. Even during the busy seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest."

22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

22"Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the first harvest of your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters at the end of the year."

23Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

23"Three times a year all your men must appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel."

24For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.

24"I will drive out nations before you and expand your borders. No one will even try to take your land while you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times each year."

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

25"When you offer a sacrifice to me, do not offer its blood along with anything made with yeast. Do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning."

26The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

26"Bring the very best of the first crops from your ground to the house of the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

27And Jehovah 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, because I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words."

28And he was there with Jehovah 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 for forty days and forty nights without eating any food or drinking any water. He wrote the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets.

29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Covenant in his hands, he didn't realize that the skin of his face was glowing because he had been speaking 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 people of Israel saw Moses and realized his face was glowing, they were afraid to go near him.

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

31But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses talked with them.

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

32Afterward, all the people of Israel came near him, and he gave them all the commands that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

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

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

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

34But whenever Moses went in to speak with the Lord, he took the veil off until he came out. Then he would tell the Israelites whatever he had been commanded to say.

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

35The people of Israel would see that Moses' face was glowing, so he would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord again.