Exodus 34:1

Translations

Modern

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Traditional

And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Literal

And YHWH said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you shattered.

Latin

Ac deinceps: Præcide, ait, tibi duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum, et scribam super eas verba, quæ habuerunt tabulæ quas fregisti.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Notes

Exodus 34:1–3

God called Moses to come back up Mount Sinai with two new stone tablets. The restrictions for the rest of the people are like those made at first (see 19:12–13, 21–25).

Exodus 34:1–35

God granted the request of Moses (33:18). He showed Moses his goodness (34:1–9). He renewed the covenant (34:10–35).

This renewal was a statement made by God alone. God promised to stay with his people, keeping his covenant promises even though they had broken the covenant and deserved death and abandonment (32:1–6).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Ancient Law Codes God’s Glory with His People God's Word at the Center Pure Worship Temple Design as a Picture of God's Truth

Related verses

Exodus 32:19
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Psalm 119:89
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Exodus 31:18
When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Deuteronomy 10:1–4
At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
Exodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Deuteronomy 9:15–17
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
Exodus 32:16
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

Parallels

Deuteronomy 10:1–11

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Mount Sinai Pillar of Fire and Cloud Tabernacle

Topics

Israel: Tables Renewed Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: The Tables of Testimony Renewed Law: (Contained in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy): Divine Authority For Revelation: The Law is Revealed Stones: Commandments Engraved Upon Stones: Hewn (Cut) Table: of Testimony: A Second Set Engraved the Ten Commandments: Written by God

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