Thematic Bible
Exodus 34:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry].
Exodus 34:2 (show verse)
So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.
Exodus 34:3 (show verse)
No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; nor let flocks or herds feed in front of that mountain.”
Exodus 34:4 (show verse)
So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and he got up early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took the two tablets of stone in his hand.
Exodus 34:5 (show verse)
Then the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with Moses as he proclaimed the Name of the Lord.
Exodus 34:6 (show verse)
Then the Lord passed by in front of him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth (faithfulness);
Access to God » Exemplified
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Is declared to be » Gracious
God » Is declared to be » Merciful
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Abundant
Longsuffering Of God » Is part of his character
God's Mercy » Is part of his character
The goodness of the lord » The lord being good
Truth » Of God » Abundant
the Truth of God » Described as » Abundant
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Is declared to be » Gracious
God » Is declared to be » Merciful
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Abundant
Longsuffering Of God » Is part of his character
God's Mercy » Is part of his character
The goodness of the lord » The lord being good
Truth » Of God » Abundant
the Truth of God » Described as » Abundant
Exodus 34:7 (show verse)
keeping mercy and lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers upon the children and the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].”
Access to God » Exemplified
Children » Involved in guilt of parents
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Mercy of » Promises of divine mercy
God » Is declared to be » Merciful
God's Promises » Of mercy » Promises of divine
Heredity » General references to
Home » Parental indulgence » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Judgments » No escape from
Mercy » Promises of divine
God's Mercy » Is part of his character
Pardon » Exhibits the » Mercy of God
Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Punishment of
Sin » Of youth, results of » Parents', visited upon the children
Sin » God » Alone can forgive
Sins » Of parents secret » Of youth
Children » Involved in guilt of parents
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
God, Glory of » Exhibited to » moses
God » Mercy of » Promises of divine mercy
God » Is declared to be » Merciful
God's Promises » Of mercy » Promises of divine
Heredity » General references to
Home » Parental indulgence » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Judgments » No escape from
Mercy » Promises of divine
God's Mercy » Is part of his character
Pardon » Exhibits the » Mercy of God
Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Punishment of
Sin » Of youth, results of » Parents', visited upon the children
Sin » God » Alone can forgive
Sins » Of parents secret » Of youth
Exodus 34:8 (show verse)
Moses bowed to the earth immediately and worshiped [the Lord].
Exodus 34:9 (show verse)
And he said, “If now I have found favor and lovingkindness in Your sight, O Lord, let the Lord, please, go in our midst, though it is a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your possession.”
Israel » Obduracy of
Pardon » Sought
Prayer » Importunity in » moses
Self-will » Servants should » Pray that the people may be forgiven for
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
Sin » We should pray to God » To forgive our
Sinners » Pardon of » Sought
Pardon » Sought
Prayer » Importunity in » moses
Self-will » Servants should » Pray that the people may be forgiven for
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
Sin » We should pray to God » To forgive our
Sinners » Pardon of » Sought
Exodus 34:10 (show verse)
Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous works (miracles) such as have not been created or produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live shall see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful and awesome thing that I am going to do with you.
Exodus 34:11 (show verse)
“Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day: behold, I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 34:12 (show verse)
Watch yourself so that you do not make a covenant (solemn agreement, treaty) with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a [dangerous] trap among you.
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » Saints should » Not covenant with those who practice
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Snares » What is a snare
worldly Snares » Sinful covenants
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Sinful covenants
Treaty » With idolatrous nations forbidden
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » Saints should » Not covenant with those who practice
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Snares » What is a snare
worldly Snares » Sinful covenants
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Sinful covenants
Treaty » With idolatrous nations forbidden
Exodus 34:13 (show verse)
But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their Asherim
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Altars » For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed
Awakenings and religious reforms » Iconoclasm accompanying reforms » Idols to be destroyed
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Groves » Of canaanites, to be destroyed
Iconoclasm » Idols to be destroyed
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » Everything connected with, should be destroyed
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In groves
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Altars » For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed
Awakenings and religious reforms » Iconoclasm accompanying reforms » Idols to be destroyed
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Groves » Of canaanites, to be destroyed
Iconoclasm » Idols to be destroyed
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » Everything connected with, should be destroyed
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In groves
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Exodus 34:14 (show verse)
—for you shall not worship any other god; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]—
Exodus 34:15 (show verse)
otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the prostitute with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat his sacrifice (meal),
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Lead to idolatry
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idol » Things offered to, not to be eaten
Idolatry » Saints should » Not covenant with those who practice
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Treaty » With idolatrous nations forbidden
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idol » Things offered to, not to be eaten
Idolatry » Saints should » Not covenant with those who practice
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » moses
Treaty » With idolatrous nations forbidden
Exodus 34:16 (show verse)
and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters would play the prostitute with their gods and cause your sons also to play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with their gods [that is, abandon the true God for man-made idols].
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Lead to idolatry
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idolatry » Saints should » Not intermarry with those who practice
Marriage » Wives among the israelites must be israelites
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Miscegenation » moses
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Idolatry » Saints should » Not intermarry with those who practice
Marriage » Wives among the israelites must be israelites
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Miscegenation » moses
Exodus 34:17 (show verse)
You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.
Exodus 34:18 (show verse)
“You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover). For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
Exodus 34:19 (show verse)
“All the firstborn males among your livestock belong to Me, whether cattle or sheep.
Exodus 34:20 (show verse)
You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None of you are to appear before Me empty-handed.
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Firstlings of redeemed
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
Church of israel » Supported by the people
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Firstborn » Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
Firstborn » Redemption of
the First-born » Of israel » To be redeemed
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Of the ass to be redeemed with lamb or its neck broken
Lambs » The first-born of an ass to be redeemed with
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
Church of israel » Supported by the people
the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at
Firstborn » Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
Firstborn » Redemption of
the First-born » Of israel » To be redeemed
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Of the ass to be redeemed with lamb or its neck broken
Lambs » The first-born of an ass to be redeemed with
Exodus 34:21 (show verse)
“You shall work for six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; [even] in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest [on the Sabbath].
Exodus 34:22 (show verse)
You shall observe and celebrate the Feast of Weeks (Harvest, First Fruits, or Pentecost), the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering (Booths or Tabernacles) at the year’s end.
Feast » Of pentecost » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Feast of pentecost » Called the » Feast of weeks
Feast of Tabernacles » Called the feast of ingathering
Feasts » Jewish » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Harvest » Of wheat at pentecost, in palestine
Harvest » Of wheat at pentecost
Hebrew » Feasts » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Pentecost » Institution of
Pentecost » Called » Feast of weeks
Day of pentecost » Feast of » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Feast of Tabernacles » Instituted
Weeks » The feast of pentecost called the feast of weeks
Feast of pentecost » Called the » Feast of weeks
Feast of Tabernacles » Called the feast of ingathering
Feasts » Jewish » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Harvest » Of wheat at pentecost, in palestine
Harvest » Of wheat at pentecost
Hebrew » Feasts » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Pentecost » Institution of
Pentecost » Called » Feast of weeks
Day of pentecost » Feast of » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Feast of Tabernacles » Instituted
Weeks » The feast of pentecost called the feast of weeks
Exodus 34:23 (show verse)
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:24 (show verse)
For I will drive out and dispossess nations before you and enlarge your borders; nor shall any man covet (actively seek for himself) your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times a year.
Exodus 34:25 (show verse)
“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover (Unleavened Bread) be left over until morning.
Exodus 34:26 (show verse)
“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of the Lord your God.
“You shall notboil a young goat in his mother’s milk [as some pagans do].”
“You shall not
Exodus 34:27 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
Exodus 34:28 (show verse)
Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Commandments » Of men » The ten
The ten commandments » Written by God
Communion » Instances of » moses
Covenant » Instances of » Of the ten commandments
Covenant » The mosaic law called a covenant
Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Decalogue » Divine authority of
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » The tables of testimony renewed
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified
Fasting » Examples of » moses
Fasting » Prolonged » For forty days, by moses
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By moses
Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Fasted forty days
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
The ten commandments » Written by God
Communion » Instances of » moses
Covenant » Instances of » Of the ten commandments
Covenant » The mosaic law called a covenant
Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Decalogue » Divine authority of
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » The tables of testimony renewed
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified
Fasting » Examples of » moses
Fasting » Prolonged » For forty days, by moses
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By moses
Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Fasted forty days
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Exodus 34:29 (show verse)
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face was shining [with a unique radiance] because he had been speaking with God.
Countenance » Transfigured
Decalogue » Tables of testimony
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » The tables of testimony renewed
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Law » Engraved on stone
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Tables » Of testimony
Transfiguration » of moses
Decalogue » Tables of testimony
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » The tables of testimony renewed
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Law » Engraved on stone
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Tables » Of testimony
Transfiguration » of moses
Exodus 34:30 (show verse)
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to approach him.
Countenance » Transfigured
Face » Shining » Shining faces, general references to
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
Transfiguration » of moses
Face » Shining » Shining faces, general references to
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
Transfiguration » of moses
Exodus 34:31 (show verse)
But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him; and he spoke to them.
Exodus 34:32 (show verse)
Afterward all the Israelites approached him, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had said to him on Mount Sinai.
Exodus 34:33 (show verse)
When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
Countenance » Transfigured
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Transfiguration » of moses
Veil » A covering for the face
Veil » Worn » By moses » Decended » Mount sinai
Veil or veil » Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Transfiguration » of moses
Veil » A covering for the face
Veil » Worn » By moses » Decended » Mount sinai
Veil or veil » Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face
Exodus 34:34 (show verse)
But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out. When he came out and he told the Israelites what he had been commanded [by God],
Exodus 34:35 (show verse)
the Israelites would see the face of Moses, how his skin shone [with a unique radiance]. So Moses put the veil on his face again until he went in to speak with God.
Countenance » Transfigured
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Had radiant faces
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Transfiguration » of moses
Veil » Worn » By moses » Decended » Mount sinai
Face » Transfiguring of » moses
Miracles » Catalogue of » The transfiguration of the face of moses
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Had radiant faces
moses » Face of, transfigured
Reverence » For God
Transfiguration » of moses
Veil » Worn » By moses » Decended » Mount sinai