5. The Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him and called out his name “the Lord.”
6. Then he passed in front of Moses, calling out, “The Lord, the Lord, a compassionate and merciful God, patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
7. He continues to show his love to thousands of generations, forgiving wrongdoing, disobedience, and sin. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children and grandchildren for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation.”
8. Immediately, Moses knelt, bowing with his face touching the ground.
9. Then he said, “Lord, please go with us! Even though we are impossible to deal with, forgive our sin and the wrong we have done, and accept us as your own people.”
10. The Lord said, “I’m making my promise again. In front of all your people I will perform miracles that have never been done in any other nation in all the world. All the people around you will see how awesome these miracles are that I will perform for you.
11. Do everything that I command today. Then I will force the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites out of your way.
12. Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you’re going. This will prove to be a trap to you.
13. But tear down their altars, crush their sacred stones, and cut down their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
14. (Never worship any other god, because the Lord is a God who does not tolerate rivals. In fact, he is known for not tolerating rivals.)
15. Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in that land. When they chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes and sacrifice to them, they may invite you to eat the meat from their sacrifices with them.
16. Then your sons will end up marrying their daughters. When their daughters chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes, they’ll lead your sons to do the same thing.
17. “Never make an idol.
18. “You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you must eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because in that month you came out of Egypt.
19. “Every first male offspring is mine, even the firstborn males of all your livestock, whether cattle, sheep, or goats.
20. It will cost you a sheep or a goat to buy back the firstborn donkey. If you don’t buy it back, then you must break the donkey’s neck. You must buy back every firstborn of your sons.“No one may come into my presence without an offering.
21. “You may work six days, but on the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work ⌊on this day⌋.