Exodus 34:4
2 Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
3 No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
5 And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
- KJV
- And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
- WEB
- He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; then Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
- ASV
- And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.
- DARBY
- And he hewed two tables of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
- BLB
- And he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. And Moses rose early in the morning, and he went up to Mount Sinai, as YHWH had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
- ÅB
- Så hugg Moses ut to stentavler slik som de første, og han sto tidlig opp om morgenen og steg opp på Sinai berg, som Herren hadde befalt ham, og hadde de to stentavler i sin hånd.
- OTB
- Så hogg Moses ut to steintavler som de forrige, og han sto tidlig opp om morgenen og steg opp på Sinai-fjellet, slik Herren hadde befalt ham, og han bar de to steintavlene i hendene.
- B1930
- Så hugg Moses ut to stentavler likesom de første, og han stod tidlig op om morgenen og steg op på Sinai berg, som Herren hadde befalt ham, og hadde de to stentavler i sin hånd.