⁵And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and he stood with him there, and he proclaimed the name of Yahweh. ⁶And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, “Yahweh, Yahweh, God, who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,^b and abounding with^c loyal love and faithfulness, ⁷keeping loyal love to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he does not leave utterly unpunished, punishing the guilt of fathers on sons and on sons of sons on third and fourth generations.”

⁸And Moses hurried and knelt down to the earth and worshiped. ⁹And he said, “Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, Lord, let my Lord, please, go among us—indeed it is a stiff-necked people—and forgive our iniquity and our sin and take us as your possession.”^d

Covenant Stipulations

¹⁰And he said, “Look, I am about to make a covenant. In front of all your people I will do wonders that have not been created on all the earth and among all the nations, and all the people among whom you are will see Yahweh’s work, because what I am about to do with you will be awesome.

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Exodus 34:6–7: …“The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty…”

Footnotes

bLiterally “long of nose”
cOr “rich in” or “great of”
dOr “take possession of us,” “make us your inheritance”