新的约版
1耶和华对摩西说：“你要凿出两块石版，跟你之前摔碎的两块一样，我要把前两块石版上的字刻在上面。 2你要预备好，明天清早你要上西奈山顶来见我。 3谁也不可与你同来，整座山上都不可有人，就是牛羊也不得在山前吃草。” 4于是，摩西凿出两块石版，跟先前的两块一样。他清早起来，照着耶和华的吩咐把石版带到西奈山上。 5耶和华在云中降临和摩西一同站在那里，宣告祂的名——耶和华。 6耶和华在摩西面前经过，并且宣告说：“我是耶和华，我是耶和华，是有怜悯和恩典的上帝，不轻易发怒，充满慈爱，无比信实， 7向千万人彰显慈爱，赦免罪恶和过犯，但决不免除罪责，必向子孙追讨父辈的罪债，直到三四代。” 8摩西急忙俯伏在地上敬拜， 9说：“主啊，如果我在你面前蒙了恩，求你与我们同行。虽然百姓顽固不化，求你赦免我们的过犯和罪恶，接纳我们做你的子民。”
10耶和华说：“我要与你立约，我要在你的同胞面前行奇事，是天下万国从未有过的奇事，你周围的外族人必看见我为你做的伟大而可畏的事。 11你要遵行我今天的吩咐。我必从你面前驱逐亚摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人。 12你要谨慎，到了目的地后，不可与当地的居民立约，免得因此而陷入网罗。 13相反，要拆掉他们的祭坛，打碎他们的神柱，砍掉他们的亚舍拉神像。 14不可拜别的神明，因为耶和华是痛恨不贞的上帝，祂名为‘痛恨不贞’。
15“不可与当地的居民立约，免得他们与自己的神明苟合时邀请你，你就吃他们的祭物， 16给儿子娶他们的女儿为妻，以致她们与自己的神明苟合时诱使你的儿子犯同样的罪。
17“不可为自己铸造神像。
18“要守除酵节，照我的吩咐在亚笔月所定的时间吃七天的无酵饼，因为你是在亚笔月离开埃及的。
19“凡是头胎生的儿子都属于我，包括牲畜中一切头胎生的公牛和公羊。 20头胎生的驴要用羊赎回，如果不用羊赎回，就要打断它的脖子。凡头胎生的男婴，都要赎回他的性命。谁也不可空手来朝见我。
21“一周工作六天，第七天要休息，就是耕种和收割时也要休息。
22“在收割初熟麦子的时候，要守七七收割节，年底要守收藏节。 23所有的男子都要一年三次来朝见主耶和华——以色列的上帝。 24我要从你面前赶走外族人，扩张你的领土。你一年三次来朝见你的上帝耶和华时，必没有人贪恋你的土地。
25“不可把祭牲的血和有酵的饼一起献给我。逾越节的祭物也不可留到第二天早晨。
26“要把田中最好的初熟之物送到你们的上帝耶和华的殿中。
“不可用母山羊的奶煮它的小羊羔。”
27耶和华又对摩西说：“你要把我说的这些话记录下来，因为我要按这些话跟你和以色列人立约。” 28摩西在耶和华那里待了四十昼夜，没吃也没喝。耶和华把约的内容，就是十条诫命，写在石版上。
29摩西手里拿着两块约版下西奈山，他不知道自己因为曾与耶和华说话而脸上发光。 30亚伦和所有的以色列百姓看见摩西脸上发光，都不敢走近他。 31摩西召他们过来，亚伦和会众的首领便上前来。摩西与他们说话。 32之后，所有的以色列人都来到他面前，他就把耶和华在西奈山上的吩咐都告诉他们。 33说完之后，他就用帕子遮住自己的脸。 34每当进到会幕跟耶和华说话时，他就揭开帕子，出来后便把耶和华的吩咐告诉以色列百姓。 35百姓会看到他脸上发光，于是他再用帕子遮住脸，直到下次与耶和华说话的时候才揭开。
The New Stone Tablets
1The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out two stone tablets that are just like the first ones. I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2Be ready in the morning. Then come up on Mount Sinai. Meet with me there on top of the mountain. 3No one must come with you. No one must be seen anywhere on the mountain. Not even the flocks and herds must be allowed to eat grass in front of the mountain.”
4So Moses carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai. He carried the two stone tablets in his hands. He did as the Lord had commanded him to do. 5Then the Lord came down in the cloud. He stood there with Moses and announced his name, the Lord. 6As he passed in front of Moses, he called out. He said, “I am the Lord, the Lord. I am the God who is tender and kind. I am gracious. I am slow to get angry. I am faithful and full of love. 7I continue to show my love to thousands of people. I forgive those who do evil. I forgive those who refuse to obey me. And I forgive those who sin. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”
8Moses bowed down to the ground at once and worshiped. 9“Lord,” he said, “if you are pleased with me, then go with us. Even though these people are stubborn, forgive the evil things we have done. Forgive our sin. And accept us as your people.”
10Then the Lord said, “I am making a covenant with you. I will do wonderful things in front of all your people. I will do amazing things that have never been done before in any nation in the whole world. The people you live among will see the things that I, the Lord, will do for you. And they will see how wonderful those things really are. 11Obey what I command you today. I will drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites to make room for you. 12Be careful. Do not make a peace treaty with those who live in the land where you are going. They will be a trap to you. 13Break down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the female god named Asherah. 14Do not worship any other god. The Lord is a jealous God. In fact, his name is Jealous.
15“Be careful not to make a peace treaty with the people living in the land. They commit sin by offering sacrifices to their gods. They will invite you to eat their sacrifices, and you will do it. 16You will choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. And those daughters will commit sin by worshiping their gods. Then they will lead your sons to do the same thing.
17“Do not make any statues of gods.
18“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Aviv. You came out of Egypt in that month.
19“Every male animal born first to its mother belongs to me. That includes your livestock. It includes herds and flocks alike. 20Sacrifice a lamb to buy back every male donkey born first to its mother. But if you do not buy the donkey back, break its neck. Buy back all your oldest sons.
“You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
21“Do your work in six days. But you must rest on the seventh day. Even when you are plowing your land or gathering your crops, you must rest on the seventh day.
22“Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your wheat crop. Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall. 23Three times a year all your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King, the God of Israel. 24I will drive out nations ahead of you. I will increase your territory. Go up three times a year to worship me. While you are doing that, I will keep others from wanting to take any of your land for themselves. I am the Lord your God.
25“Do not include anything made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice. You must not keep any of the meat from the sacrifice of the Passover Feast until morning.
26“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down the words I have spoken. I have made a covenant with you and with Israel in keeping with those words.” 28Moses was there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. He didn’t eat any food or drink any water. The Lord wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant law. Those words are the Ten Commandments.
The Face of Moses Shines
29Moses came down from Mount Sinai. He had the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. His face was shining because he had spoken with the Lord. But he didn’t realize it. 30Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses. His face was shining. So they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called out to them. So Aaron and all the leaders of the community came to him. And Moses spoke to them. 32After that, all the Israelites came near him. And he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
33Moses finished speaking to them. Then he covered his face with a veil. 34But when he would go to speak with the Lord, he would remove the veil. He would keep it off until he came out. Then he would tell the people what the Lord had commanded. 35They would see that his face was shining. So Moses would cover his face with the veil again. He would keep it on until he went in again to speak with the Lord.
