English Bible Presentation Sharing - Exodus Book, chapter 34, verse 5 in Nlv Version

Exodus 34 : 1 (NLV)

The Lord said to Moses, "Cut two pieces of stone like the first ones. And I will write on the stones the words that were on the first stones which you broke.

Exodus 34 : 2 (NLV)

So be ready in the morning. Come up in the morning to Mount Sinai. And stand before Me on the top of the mountain.

Exodus 34 : 3 (NLV)

No one is to come up with you. Do not let anyone be seen on the whole mountain. Even the sheep and the cattle may not eat in front of the mountain."

Exodus 34 : 4 (NLV)

So Moses cut two pieces of stone like the first ones. Then he got up early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord told him. And he took the two pieces of stone in his hand.

Exodus 34 : 5 (NLV)

The Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with Moses as he called upon the name of the Lord.

Exodus 34 : 6 (NLV)

Then the Lord passed by in front of him, saying, "The Lord, the Lord God, with loving-pity and loving-favor, slow to anger, filled with loving-kindness and truth,

Exodus 34 : 7 (NLV)

keeping loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving wrong-doing and sin. But He will not let the guilty go without being punished. He brings the sin of fathers down upon the children, even the great-grandchildren."

Exodus 34 : 8 (NLV)

Moses was quick to put his face to the ground and worship.

Exodus 34 : 9 (NLV)

And Moses said, "O Lord, if I have found favor in Your eyes, I pray, let the Lord go with us, even if the people are strong-willed. Forgive our wrong-doing and our sin. And take us for Your own."

Exodus 34 : 10 (NLV)

Then God said, "See, I am going to make an agreement. I will do powerful works in front of all your people which have never been done on earth among any nation. All the people with whom you live will see the work of the Lord. For what I am going to do with you will fill people with fear.

Exodus 34 : 11 (NLV)

Be sure to do what I am telling you this day. See, I am going to drive out of your way the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 34 : 12 (NLV)

Take care to make no agreement with the people of the land where you are going. It would be a trap to you.

Exodus 34 : 13 (NLV)

Instead you are to tear down their altars, break their objects of worship, and cut down their false gods.

Exodus 34 : 14 (NLV)

For you must not worship any other god. For the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exodus 34 : 15 (NLV)

So do not make an agreement with the people of the land. Or when they follow their desire with their gods and give gifts to their gods, they would ask you to eat of their gift used in worship.

Exodus 34 : 16 (NLV)

And you would marry your sons to their daughters who follow their gods. And they would lead your sons to follow their gods also.

Exodus 34 : 17 (NLV)

Do not make any gods for yourself.

Exodus 34 : 18 (NLV)

"Keep the special supper of bread without yeast. Eat bread without yeast for seven days as I told you, at the time set aside for it in the month of Abib. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.

Exodus 34 : 19 (NLV)

Every first-born belongs to Me, and all your male animals, the first-born from cattle and sheep.

Exodus 34 : 20 (NLV)

But the life of a first-born donkey should be paid for with the blood of a lamb. If you do not pay for its life, you should break its neck. Pay for the life of all your first-born sons with the blood of a lamb. No one is to come before Me without a gift.

Exodus 34 : 21 (NLV)

"Work six days, but rest on the seventh day. Rest even during plowing time and gathering time.

Exodus 34 : 22 (NLV)

Have the special supper of weeks at the first gathering of grain. Have the special supper of gathering time at the end of the year.

Exodus 34 : 23 (NLV)

Three times a year all your males are to come before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Exodus 34 : 24 (NLV)

For I will drive nations out of your way and give you more land. No man will desire to have your land when you go to show yourselves before the Lord your God.

Exodus 34 : 25 (NLV)

"Do not give the blood of My gift together with bread made with yeast. Do not leave any of the gift of the special supper of the Passover until morning.

Exodus 34 : 26 (NLV)

Bring the first of the first-fruits of your ground into the house of the Lord your God. Do not boil the meat of a young goat in its mother's milk."

Exodus 34 : 27 (NLV)

The Lord said to Moses, "Write these words. For by these words I have made an agreement with you and with Israel."

Exodus 34 : 28 (NLV)

Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the stones the words of the agreement, the Ten Great Laws.

Exodus 34 : 29 (NLV)

Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two stone writings in his hand. He did not know that the skin of his face was shining because of his speaking with the Lord.

Exodus 34 : 30 (NLV)

When Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, they saw that the skin of his face was shining. They were afraid to come near him.

Exodus 34 : 31 (NLV)

But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the people returned to him. And Moses spoke to them.

Exodus 34 : 32 (NLV)

After this all the people of Israel came near. Moses told them to do all the Lord had said to him on Mount Sinai.

Exodus 34 : 33 (NLV)

When Moses had finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a piece of cloth.

Exodus 34 : 34 (NLV)

But whenever Moses went before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take off the face covering until he came out. Then he would tell the people of Israel what the Lord had said for them to do.

Exodus 34 : 35 (NLV)

The people of Israel saw that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would put the covering over his face again until he went in to speak with the Lord.