10 After that, Yahweh told me, “Carve out two stone tablets like the first ones, and make a wooden chest to put them in, then come up to me on the mountain. 2 I’ll write the words onto the tablets that were on the first tablets that you broke, then you can put them into the box.”

3 So I made a box from acacia wood, and I carved out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets 4 and he wrote the ten instructions on the tablets like the first time—the same words that Yahweh had spoken to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then he gave me the tablets 5 and I turned and went down the mountain. I put the tablets into the box that I’d made, just like Yahweh had told me to.

6 Then the Israelis travelled from Beerot-Bene-Yaakan[fn] to Moserah[fn] where Aharon died. He was buried there, and his son Eleazar replaced him as chief priest.[ref] 7 From there they moved on to Gudgodah, then from there onto Yotbatah—an area with many streams. 8 At that time, Yahweh chose the tribe of Levi to carry the box containing Yahweh’s agreement, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence to serve and worship him, until this day.[ref] 9 That’s why the Levites didn’t receive land in the same way as the other tribes as Yahweh told them that he is their inheritance. 10 I myself stayed up on the mountain for forty days and nights just like the first time. Yahweh listened to me that time as well, and said that he wouldn’t destroy you.[ref] 11 Then Yahweh told me, “Continue your journey leading the people to enter and occupy the land that I promised their ancestors that I’d give them.

34 Then Yahweh continued speaking to Mosheh, “Carve two slabs of stone for yourself just like the first ones. Then the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, I’ll write them again on the slabs. 2 Be ready by morning, and in the morning come up to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me up on the top. 3 Don’t bring anyone with you, and also don’t let anyone be on the mountain at all—don’t even let their flocks and herds graze at the base of that mountain.” 4 So Mosheh carved out two slabs of stone like the first ones, and he got up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai as Yahweh had commanded him, carrying up the two slabs of stone. 5 Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and stood with him there, and he pronounced his name ‘Yahweh’. 6 Yahweh passed over above his face and proclaimed, “I am Yahweh, a compassionate and gracious God, slow to get angry but exuding faithfulness and trustworthiness.[ref] 7 I display faithfulness to thousands of generations—forgiving disobedience, transgression, and sin. But I certainly won’t let the guilty get away with it—visiting the iniquity of the parents onto the children and onto the grandchildren—to the third and the fourth generations.”

8 Mosheh hurried and bowed to the ground and worshipped Yahweh 9 and said, “Please, if I have found favour in your sight, my master, please go with us, because these are stubborn people. And forgive our disobedience and our sin and take us as your inheritance.”

10 Yahweh said, “Listen, I’m about to make an agreement in front of all your people.[fn] I will do miracles that have not been done before anywhere on the earth or in any country of the world. All the people that you’re among will see my work, because what I’m going to do with you is awe-inspiring.