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Exodus 34:1 (show verse)
The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Exodus 34:2 (show verse)
Be prepared by morning. Come up Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me on the mountaintop.
Exodus 34:3 (show verse)
No one may go up with you; in fact, no one must be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.”
Exodus 34:4 (show verse)
Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hand, he climbed Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Exodus 34:5 (show verse)
The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name Yahweh.
Exodus 34:6 (show verse)
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:
Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
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)
maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
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 immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Exodus 34:9 (show verse)
Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Even though this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wrongdoing and sin, and accept us as Your own 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)
And the Lord responded: “Look, I am making a covenant. I will perform wonders in the presence of all your people that have never been done in all the earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the Lord’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.
Exodus 34:11 (show verse)
Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 34:12 (show verse)
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare 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)
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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)
You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous by nature, is a jealous God.
Exodus 34:15 (show verse)
“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
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)
Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
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)
“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.
Exodus 34:18 (show verse)
“Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib as I commanded you. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.
Exodus 34:19 (show verse)
“The firstborn male from every womb belongs to Me, including all your male livestock, the firstborn of cattle or sheep.
Exodus 34:20 (show verse)
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is 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 are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.
Exodus 34:22 (show verse)
“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.
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 are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:24 (show verse)
For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory. No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.
Exodus 34:25 (show verse)
“Do not present the blood for My sacrifice with anything leavened. The sacrifice of the Passover Festival must not remain until morning.
Exodus 34:26 (show verse)
“Bring the best firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God.
“You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
“You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Exodus 34:27 (show verse)
The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”
Exodus 34:28 (show verse)
Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
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)
As Moses descended from Mount Sinai—with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain—he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord.
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, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near 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 out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
Exodus 34:32 (show verse)
Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he commanded them to do everything the Lord had told 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 before the Lord to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. After he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
Exodus 34:35 (show verse)
and the Israelites would see that Moses’ face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil over his face again until he went to speak with the Lord.
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