9 Then he said, "My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession." 34:9 Ex 33:15–16; Ps 33:12; 94:14
Covenant Obligations
10 And the Lord responded, "Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done 34:10 Lit created in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the Lord’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring. 34:10 Dt 4:32; 5:2; Ps 77:14; 145:6
27 The Lord also said to Moses, "Write 34:27 Ex 17:14; 24:4 down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words."
28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments, 34:28 Ex 24:18; 31:18; Dt 4:13; 10:2,4 the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
Moses’s Radiant Face
29 As Moses descended from Mount Sinai — with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain — he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord. 34:29 Lit with him, 34:29 Ex 32:15