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passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my
hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and let you see
me from behind. But my face will not be seen.”
Then the Lord told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first
ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you
smashed. Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present
yourself to me on the top of the mountain. No one else may come with
you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even
let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”
So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in
the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him,
and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.
Then the Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and
he called out his own name, Yahweh. The Lord passed in front of Moses,
calling out,
“Yahweh! The Lord!
The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
even children in the third and fourth generations.”
Moses immediately threw himself to the ground and worshiped.
And he said, “O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then
please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but
please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special
possession.”
The Lord replied, “Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been
performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people
around you will see the power of the Lord—the awesome power I will
display for you. But listen carefully to everything I command you today.
Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites,
Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
“Be very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the
land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be
