Exodus Chapter 34
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה פְּסׇל־לְךָ֛ שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹ֥ת אֲבָנִ֖ים כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים וְכָתַבְתִּי֙ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֔ת אֶ֨ת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֛וּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֥ת הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Carve out two stone tablets for yourself just like the first ones. And I will write upon these tablets the words which were on the first Tablets that you broke.
And the Lord said to Moshe, Hew for thyself two tablets of stone like the first: and I will write upon these tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which thou didst break.
And the L-rd said to Moses: Hew (p'sal) for yourself two stone tablets like the first [(He showed him a sapphire quarry and said to him: "The chips (psoleth) shall be yours" (thus, "for yourself." Moses grew wealthy from them.)] [Moses broke the first tablets; he was, therefore, told to hew the second.] And I shall write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you broke.
וֶהְיֵ֥ה נָכ֖וֹן לַבֹּ֑קֶר וְעָלִ֤יתָ בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥ לִ֛י שָׁ֖ם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָהָֽר׃
Be ready for the morning, and in the morning go up to Mount Sinai and stand there before Me on the top of the mountain.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinay, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mountain.
And be ready in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and stand for Me there on the top of the mountain.
וְאִישׁ֙ לֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֣ה עִמָּ֔ךְ וְגַם־אִ֥ישׁ אַל־יֵרָ֖א בְּכׇל־הָהָ֑ר גַּם־הַצֹּ֤אן וְהַבָּקָר֙ אַל־יִרְע֔וּ אֶל־מ֖וּל הָהָ֥ר הַהֽוּא׃
No man shall go up with you, nor shall any man be seen on the entire mountain; even the sheep and cattle shall not graze before that mountain.”
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.
And let no man go up with you, and also let no man be seen on all of the mountain. The flocks and the herds, too, shall not graze opposite that mountain. [Because the first tablets were given amidst shouting, sound, and throng, the evil eye prevailed against them (and they were broken). There is nothing more desirable than "modesty."]
וַיִּפְסֹ֡ל שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹ֨ת אֲבָנִ֜ים כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֗ים וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם מֹשֶׁ֤ה בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ וַיַּ֙עַל֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח בְּיָד֔וֹ שְׁנֵ֖י לֻחֹ֥ת אֲבָנִֽים׃
He [Moshe] carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Moshe rose early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Adonoy had commanded him; and he took the two stone tablets in his hand.
And he hewed two tablets of stone like the first; and Moshe rose up early in the morning, and went up to mount Sinay, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
And he hewed two stone tablets like the first, and Moses arose early in the morning, and he went up to Mount Sinai as the L-rd had commanded him, and he took in his hand two stone tablets.
וַיֵּ֤רֶד יְהֹוָה֙ בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֥ב עִמּ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֥א בְשֵׁ֖ם יְהֹוָֽה׃
Adonoy descended in a cloud and it stood with him there; and he [Moshe] called out [invoked] the Name, Adonoy.
And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
And the L-rd descended in a cloud and He stood with him there, and He called in the name of the L-rd [(see 33:19)]:
וַיַּעֲבֹ֨ר יְהֹוָ֥ה׀עַל־פָּנָיו֮ וַיִּקְרָא֒ יְהֹוָ֣ה׀יְהֹוָ֔ה אֵ֥ל רַח֖וּם וְחַנּ֑וּן אֶ֥רֶךְ אַפַּ֖יִם וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת׃
Adonoy passed before him, and proclaimed: “Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in kindness and truth.
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord, mighty, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in love and truth,
And the L-rd passed before him and He called "Hashem (Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh), Hashem, [the attribute of mercy: one (Hashem) before the sin; one, after sinning and repentance], the G-d [(Kel, likewise the attribute of mercy)], who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, [withholding His anger in anticipation of repentance], and abundant in lovingkindness [to those who are in need of it, being deficient in merit], and truth, [paying goodly reward to the doers of His will],
נֹצֵ֥ר¹ חֶ֙סֶד֙ לָאֲלָפִ֔ים נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֛ן וָפֶ֖שַׁע וְחַטָּאָ֑ה וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֣ד**׀** עֲוֺ֣ן אָב֗וֹת עַל־בָּנִים֙ וְעַל־בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃
footnotes: ¹ (בספרי תימן נֹצֵ֥ר בנו״ן רגילה)
He preserves kindness for thousands [of generations], bearing [forgiving] iniquity, transgression and sin. He clears [acquits the penitent] and he does not clear [acquit the impenitent], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and children’s children, [even] upon the third and fourth [generation].”
keeping troth to thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty; punishing the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, to the third and to the fourth generation.
Preserving [a man's] lovingkindness [before Him] for two thousand [generations], forgiving [deliberate] sin, and [acts of] rebellion (against the L-rd), and transgression — but not absolving [completely]. He remembers the sin of the fathers upon sons [who persist in their fathers' ways], and upon sons of sons, upon the third [generation] and upon the fourth."
וַיְמַהֵ֖ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּקֹּ֥ד אַ֖רְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃
Moshe hastened, bowed to the ground, and prostrated himself,
And Moshe made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
And Moses hastened [when he saw the shechinah passing by and heard the "calling"], and he bowed to the ground and prostrated himself.
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנָ֔י יֵֽלֶךְ־נָ֥א אֲדֹנָ֖י בְּקִרְבֵּ֑נוּ כִּ֤י עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֙רֶף֙ ה֔וּא וְסָלַחְתָּ֛ לַעֲוֺנֵ֥נוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵ֖נוּ וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ׃
and said, “If I have found favor in Your eyes my Master, let my Master go among us; although it is a stiff-necked people, pardon our iniquity and our sins, and take us as Your own possession.”
And he said, If now I have found favour in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy inheritance.
And he said: If I have now found favor in Your eyes, my L-rd, let my L-rd go in our midst [as You have promised (33:14) and even] if it is a stiff-necked people [and it rebels against You, (concerning which You have said (Ibid. 33:3): "Lest I destroy you on the way")], You will (nevertheless) forgive our sin and our transgression, and You will make us Your [distinct] portion [viz. (Ibid.16)].
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ כֹּרֵ֣ת בְּרִית֒ נֶ֤גֶד כׇּֽל־עַמְּךָ֙ אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה נִפְלָאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־נִבְרְא֥וּ בְכׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבְכׇל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְרָאָ֣ה כׇל־הָ֠עָ֠ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֨ה בְקִרְבּ֜וֹ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־נוֹרָ֣א ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ׃
And He said, “I hereby make a covenant; before all your people I will perform wonders such as have not been created in all the earth or for any nation; and all the people in whose midst you are, will see how awesome is the deed of Adonoy which I will perform for you.
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among whom thou art shall see the work of the Lord that I will do with thee, that it is tremendous.
And He said: Behold, I am making a covenant [for this]. Before all your people shall I make (wondrous) distinctions [(whereby you will be distinguished from all other nations, on whom My shechinah will not repose)], which (wonders) have never been created in all the land and in all the nations. And all the people in whose midst you are will see the work of the L-rd. For it is awesome, what I am to do with you.
שְׁמׇ֨ר־לְךָ֔ אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוְּךָ֣ הַיּ֑וֹם הִנְנִ֧י גֹרֵ֣שׁ מִפָּנֶ֗יךָ אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי֙ וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י וְהַחִתִּי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י וְהַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃
Preserve for your own sake that which I command you today. I am driving out [from] before you the Emorites, the Canaanites, the Chitites, the Perizites, the Chivities, and the Yevusites.
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Emori, and the Kena῾ani, and the Ḥitti, and the Perizzi, and the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi.
Be heedful of what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out before you the Emori, the Canaani, the Chitti, the Perizi, the Chivi, and the Yevussi [(The Girgashi left of its own accord.)]
הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ פֶּן־תִּכְרֹ֤ת בְּרִית֙ לְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה בָּ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְמוֹקֵ֖שׁ בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃
For your own sake, be careful not to make a covenant with the people who live in the land to which you are coming, lest it be a trap in your midst.
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Be heedful lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land to which you are coming, lest it be a snare in your midst.
כִּ֤י אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָם֙ תִּתֹּצ֔וּן וְאֶת־מַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן וְאֶת־אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו תִּכְרֹתֽוּן׃
Rather you must shatter their altars, break down their monuments, and cut down their asherah-trees.
but you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their asherim:
But their altars shall you raze, and their monuments shall you break, and their trees devoted to idolatry shall you cut down.
כִּ֛י לֹ֥א תִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה לְאֵ֣ל אַחֵ֑ר כִּ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ קַנָּ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ אֵ֥ל קַנָּ֖א הֽוּא׃
For you must not prostrate yourselves to another god, because Adonoy—Jealous is His Name—He is a Jealous Almighty [God].
for thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
For you shall not bow down to another god. For the L-rd, Kana ("zealous") is His name, [zealous in exacting payment and not overlooking things]; He is a zealous G-d.
פֶּן־תִּכְרֹ֥ת בְּרִ֖ית לְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֑רֶץ וְזָנ֣וּ**׀** אַחֲרֵ֣י אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֗ם וְזָבְחוּ֙ לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְקָרָ֣א לְךָ֔ וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ מִזִּבְחֽוֹ׃
[Take care] not to make a covenant with the people who live in the land, and go astray after their gods [religions], and sacrifice to their gods, [for he] will then call you and you will eat of his sacrifice.
lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land and they stray after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and he call to you and you eat from his sacrifice. [I shall regard your eating from his sacrifice as acknowledging his idolatry, for, as a result, "You will take of his daughters for your sons, etc."]
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו לְבָנֶ֑יךָ וְזָנ֣וּ בְנֹתָ֗יו אַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן וְהִזְנוּ֙ אֶת־בָּנֶ֔יךָ אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃
You will [then] accept his daughters [as wives] for your sons. His daughters will stray after their gods, and they will lead your sons to stray after their gods.
and thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
And you will take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters will stray after their gods, and they will cause your sons to stray after their gods.
אֱלֹהֵ֥י מַסֵּכָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ׃
You must not make molten gods for yourselves.
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Molten gods you shall not make for yourself.
אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֨ת יָמִ֜ים תֹּאכַ֤ל מַצּוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ךָ לְמוֹעֵ֖ד חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָאָבִ֑יב כִּ֚י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב יָצָ֖אתָ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
Preserve the Festival of Matzos. Eat matzos for seven days as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of ripening [grain]; for in the month of ripening [grain] you went out of Egypt.
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Aviv: (for in the month Aviv thou didst come out from Miżrayim.)
The festival of matzoth shall you keep. Seven days shall you eat matzoth as I commanded you, in the appointed time in the month of aviv [the first ripening]. For in the month of aviv you went out of Egypt.
כׇּל־פֶּ֥טֶר רֶ֖חֶם לִ֑י וְכׇֽל־מִקְנְךָ֙ תִּזָּכָ֔ר פֶּ֖טֶר שׁ֥וֹר וָשֶֽׂה׃
All that opens the womb [the first-born] is Mine, and of all your livestock that is male, that open [the womb] both cattle and sheep.
All that opens the womb is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
All firstlings of the womb [in man] are Mine, and (of) all of your kine that bears a male, the firstling of an ox or a sheep.
וּפֶ֤טֶר חֲמוֹר֙ תִּפְדֶּ֣ה בְשֶׂ֔ה וְאִם־לֹ֥א תִפְדֶּ֖ה וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ כֹּ֣ל בְּכ֤וֹר בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְדֶּ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃
The donkey that opens the womb shall be redeemed with a sheep, and if it is not redeemed, you must break its neck. [You must] redeem all first-born of your sons, and you must not appear before Me empty-handed.
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem it not, then shalt thou break its neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
And the firstling of an ass [(but not another unclean beast)] you shall redeem with a lamb [(He gives the lamb to the Cohein. It is chullin (non-sacred) in the hand of the Cohein, and the owner may work with the firstling)]. And if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck [with a hatchet. (He caused a monetary loss to the Cohein — let him incur such a loss!)]. All the first-born of your sons shall you redeem; and they [the children of Israel, when they go up to Jerusalem for the festival,] shall not appear before Me empty-handed, [but they shall bring the prescribed offering].
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲבֹ֔ד וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ וּבַקָּצִ֖יר תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃
Six days you shall work but on the Seventh day you must cease; you must cease plowing and harvesting.
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Six days shall you work, and on the seventh day shall you rest. From [mundane] plowing and harvesting shall you rest [(to exclude harvesting the omer which is a mitzvah, and which overrides the Sabbath)].
וְחַ֤ג שָׁבֻעֹת֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ בִּכּוּרֵ֖י קְצִ֣יר חִטִּ֑ים וְחַג֙ הָֽאָסִ֔יף תְּקוּפַ֖ת הַשָּׁנָֽה׃
Make the Festival of Shavuos, [with bringing] the first crops of the wheat harvest; [also] the Festival of the Harvest at the turn of the year.
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
And the festival of Shavuoth shall you make for yourself, the first-fruits of the wheat harvest, [the "two breads" (see Leviticus 23:16-17), the first wheat meal-offering brought to the Temple, (the meal-offering of the omer brought on Pesach, being of barley)], and the festival of the ingathering (Succoth), [when you gather your produce from the field to the house], the circuit of the year [i.e., the beginning of the new year].
שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה יֵרָאֶה֙ כׇּל־זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ אֶת־פְּנֵ֛י הָֽאָדֹ֥ן׀יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Presence of the Master, Adonoy, God of Yisrael.
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Yisra᾽el.
Three times in the year shall all of your males appear before the L-rd, Hashem (Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh), the G-d of Israel.
כִּֽי־אוֹרִ֤ישׁ גּוֹיִם֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּבֻלֶ֑ךָ וְלֹא־יַחְמֹ֥ד אִישׁ֙ אֶֽת־אַרְצְךָ֔ בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗ לֵרָאוֹת֙ אֶת־פְּנֵי֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃
For I will drive out the nations before you, and I will expand your boundaries; and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before Adonoy, your God, three times a year.
For I will cast the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God three times in the year.
For I shall drive out nations from before you, and I shall broaden your boundary, [so that, being far from the Temple, you will not be able to appear before Me constantly, for which reason I am providing these three festivals for you (to do so)]. And no man shall covet your land when you go up to appear before the L-rd your G-d three times in the year.
לֹֽא־תִשְׁחַ֥ט עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י וְלֹא־יָלִ֣ין לַבֹּ֔קֶר זֶ֖בַח חַ֥ג הַפָּֽסַח׃
Do not slaughter [the Pesach-offering to offer] the blood of My sacrifice while there is chometz; and do not allow to remain overnight until morning any of the offering of the Pesach Festival.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left to the morning.
You shall not slaughter while chametz [still] is present, the blood of My [Pesach] offering [(an exhortation (against possessing chametz) to the slaughterer, the tosser of the blood, and any of the members of the "company" (for that offering)]. And there shall not tarry overnight [off the altar] until morning, the slaughtering [i.e., the eimurin (the consecrated parts)] of the festival of Pesach. [The same applies to all offerings.]
רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ תָּבִ֕יא בֵּ֖ית יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃{פ}
The first fruits of your land, you shall bring to the House of Adonoy, your God. You must not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
The first of the first-fruits of your land [i.e., of the seven species mentioned in praise of your land (Deuteronomy 8:8)] you shall bring to the house of the L-rd your G-d. You shall not cook a kid in its mother's milk. [(This excludes (from Torah interdiction) fowl, where there is no "mother's milk")]. [See 23:19].
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כְּתׇב־לְךָ֖ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֞י עַל־פִּ֣י**׀** הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה כָּרַ֧תִּי אִתְּךָ֛ בְּרִ֖ית וְאֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Write these words down for yourself, for with these words I have made a covenant with you and with [the B’nei] Yisrael.”
And the Lord said to Moshe, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Yisra᾽el.
And the L-rd said to Moses: Write for yourself these words [(but you are not permitted to write oral Torah)]; for according to these words have I made with you a covenant and with Israel.
וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֣ם עִם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אָכַ֔ל וּמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א שָׁתָ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֗ת אֵ֚ת דִּבְרֵ֣י הַבְּרִ֔ית עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת הַדְּבָרִֽים׃
He [Moshe] remained there with Adonoy for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread nor drink water, and He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words [commandments.]
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten Words.
And he was there with the L-rd forty days and forty nights. Bread he did not eat and water he did not drink. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
וַיְהִ֗י בְּרֶ֤דֶת מֹשֶׁה֙ מֵהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וּשְׁנֵ֨י לֻחֹ֤ת הָֽעֵדֻת֙ בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּרִדְתּ֖וֹ מִן־הָהָ֑ר וּמֹשֶׁ֣ה לֹֽא־יָדַ֗ע כִּ֥י קָרַ֛ן ע֥וֹר פָּנָ֖יו בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ אִתּֽוֹ׃
And when Moshe came down from Mount Sinai, and the two Tablets of the Testimony were in Moshe’s hand when he came down from the Mountain. Moshe did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant when He [God] spoke to him.
And it came to pass, when Moshe came down from mount Sinay with the two tablets of Testimony in Moshe’s hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moshe knew not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
And it was, when Moses descended [(with the second tablets, on Yom Kippur)] from Mount Sinai — with the two tablets of the testimony in the hand of Moses, when he descended from the mountain — that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone [(the light projecting like horns)] from His having spoken with him.
וַיַּ֨רְא אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְכׇל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה קָרַ֖ן ע֣וֹר פָּנָ֑יו וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ מִגֶּ֥שֶׁת אֵלָֽיו׃
When Aharon and all the B’nei Yisrael saw Moshe, and beheld that the skin of his face had become radiant, they were afraid to come close to him.
And when Aharon and all the children of Yisra᾽el saw Moshe, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
And Aaron and all of Israel saw Moses, and, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to approach him.
וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֲלֵהֶם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ אֵלָ֛יו אַהֲרֹ֥ן וְכׇל־הַנְּשִׂאִ֖ים בָּעֵדָ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֲלֵהֶֽם׃
Moshe called to them and they returned to him—Aharon and all the leaders of the congregation—and Moshe spoke to them.
And Moshe called to them; and Aharon and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him: and Moshe talked with them.
And Moses called to them, and there returned to him Aaron and all the princes of the assembly, and Moses would speak to them [the behest of the L-rd].
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן נִגְּשׁ֖וּ כׇּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְצַוֵּ֕ם אֵת֩ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אִתּ֖וֹ בְּהַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃
After that, all the B’nei Yisrael came close [to him] and he commanded them [regarding] all that Adonoy had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
And afterwards all the children of Yisra᾽el came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinay.
And after that [i.e., after he had taught the elders], all the children of Israel would approach, and he would command them all that the L-rd had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
וַיְכַ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִדַּבֵּ֖ר אִתָּ֑ם וַיִּתֵּ֥ן עַל־פָּנָ֖יו מַסְוֶֽה׃
When Moshe finished speaking with them, he placed a cover over his face.
And when Moshe had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
And when Moses finished speaking with them, he would place a mask on his face, [in deference to the rays of splendor, that not all "feast their eyes on them."]
וּבְבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ יָסִ֥יר אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶ֖ה עַד־צֵאת֑וֹ וְיָצָ֗א וְדִבֶּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצֻוֶּֽה׃
[But] when Moshe came before Adonoy, to speak to Him; he removed the cover until he was ready to leave. and he would then go out and speak to the B’nei Yisrael, [telling them] what he had been commanded.
But when Moshe went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke to the children of Yisra᾽el that which he was commanded.
And when Moses came before the L-rd to speak with Him, he would put off the mask until he went forth; and he would go forth and speak to the children of Israel what he had been commanded.
וְרָא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה כִּ֣י קָרַ֔ן ע֖וֹר פְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְהֵשִׁ֨יב מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶה֙ עַל־פָּנָ֔יו עַד־בֹּא֖וֹ לְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃{ס}
The B’nei Yisrael saw Moshe’s face, that the skin of Moshe’s face had become radiant, and Moshe replaced the cover over his face until he would come in to speak to Him [Adonoy].
And the children of Yisra᾽el saw the face of Moshe, that the skin of Moshe’s face shone: and Moshe put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
And the children of Israel beheld Moses' face, for the skin of Moses' face shone. And [when he took leave of them], Moses would put the mask back on his face until he came to speak with Him, [when he would doff it].