| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. | 1Now the LORD said to Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. |
| 2Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. | 2"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. |
| 3No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain." | 3"No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain." |
| 4So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. | 4So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. |
| 5Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. | 5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD. |
| 6And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, | 6Then 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; |
| 7maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation." | 7who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations." |
| 8Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. | 8Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. |
| 9"Lord," he said, "if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance." | 9He said, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession." |
| 10Then the LORD said: "I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you. | 10Then God said, "Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you. |
| 11Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. | 11"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. |
| 12Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. | 12"Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. |
| 13Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. | 13"But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim |
| 14Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. | 14-- for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God-- |
| 15"Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. | 15otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, |
| 16And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same. | 16and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods. |
| 17"Do not make any idols. | 17"You shall make for yourself no molten gods. |
| 18"Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. | 18"You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. |
| 19"The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. | 19"The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep. |
| 20Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons. "No one is to appear before me empty-handed. | 20"You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None shall appear before Me empty-handed. |
| 21"Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. | 21"You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. |
| 22"Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. | 22"You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. |
| 23Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel. | 23"Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. |
| 24I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God. | 24"For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God. |
| 25"Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning. | 25"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning. |
| 26"Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk." | 26"You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." |
| 27Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." | 27Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." |
| 28Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant--the Ten Commandments. | 28So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. |
| 29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. | 29It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. |
| 30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. | 30So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. |
| 31But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. | 31Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. |
| 32Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai. | 32Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. |
| 33When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. | 33When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. |
| 34But whenever he entered the LORD's presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, | 34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, |
| 35they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD. | 35the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him. |
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