1. One day the Lord said to Moses, “Cut two flat stones like the first ones I made, and I will write on them the same commandments that were on the two you broke.
2. Be ready tomorrow morning to come up Mount Sinai and meet me at the top.
3. No one is to come with you or to be on the mountain at all. Don't even let the sheep and cattle graze at the foot of the mountain.”
4. So Moses cut two flat stones like the first ones, and early the next morning he carried them to the top of Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded.
5. The Lord God came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain. God spoke his holy name, “the Lord”.
6. Then he passed in front of Moses and called out, “I am the Lord God. I am merciful and very patient with my people. I show great love, and I can be trusted.
7. I keep my promises to my people for ever, but I also punish anyone who sins. When people sin, I punish them and their children, and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”
8. Moses quickly bowed down to the ground and worshipped the Lord.
9. He prayed, “Lord, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious, but forgive our sin and let us be your people.”
10. The Lord said:I promise to perform miracles for you that have never been seen anywhere on earth. Neighbouring nations will stand in fear and know that I was the one who did these marvellous things.
11. I will force out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, but you must do what I command you today.
12. Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap.
13. Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah.
14. I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!