Exodus 34:5–10

^5aThen Yahweh descended in the cloud and stood there with him, and ¹He called upon the name of Yahweh.

⁶Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, ^acompassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and ¹truth;

⁷who ^akeeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He ^bwill by no means leave the guilty unpunished, ^cvisiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

⁸And Moses made haste ^1ato bow low toward the earth and worship.

⁹And he said, “^aIf now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though ^1bthey are a stiff-necked people, and ^cpardon our iniquity and our sin, and ^dtake us as Your own inheritance.”

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant with Israel

¹⁰Then ¹God said, “Behold, ^aI am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people ^bI will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people ²among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.