seekeroftruth
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Exodus 34:1 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
8 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. 14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17 “Do not make any idols.
18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.
26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Here's the link to the commentary I use.If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us: Moses asked for the goodness, grace, and mercy of God be extended to himself and the nation. Moses knew they did not deserve it (we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin), but he asked for God’s grace and not His justice.
I will make a covenant: This was God’s covenant, that Israel was invited to join. He did not negotiate the terms with Israel. Instead He dictated the terms to the people of Israel through Moses.
Write these words: Since God’s covenant with Israel was based on these and other words, it was important for Moses to write them. They should not only be left to memory.
So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: This was a completely unique and supernatural fast. It is definitely possible (yet remarkable) for someone to live without food for 40 days, but by any account it is a miracle to go without water for this long. This kind of fasting is never repeated or recommended in the Scriptures.
So yesterday I read that God said He was going to leave a Mighty Angel to lead the people the rest of the way to the Promised Land. Moses got all upset and demanded that God continue the trip with them. Moses argued the people are only "special" because God, not just an angel, traveled with them. Yesterday I read that God told Moses He would do as He pleased. In other words, "Don't tell me what to do.... you, you, human!"
Today, I read that Moses had to blank out two tablets just like the ones he broke when he threw his temper tantrum at the site of the cauldron, calf, and orgy. God agreed to carve the new blanks with the Ten Commandment.
God called Moses up to the mountain again... alone this time. Joshua, Aaron, and the elders had to stay behind. Once again, Moses was on the mountain by himself with God. The mountain continued to quake and erupt. The cloud hung over the mountain. The humans below... well, they just had to believe Moses was still up there, alive, dealing with God.
God warned Moses not to make any treaties with the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. [Verse 12] God was going to drive them out of the Promised Land because they were idol worshippers. God told Moses those people would entice the Israelites. God said they would invite the Israelites to dinner and then the Israelites would learn to love the idols and gods of the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. So, He said the Israelites were to not only stay away, but if they did get near, they were ordered to smash the idols and the altars.
Moses was told to write everything down. No water... no food... just learn and write... forty days... no food... no water.
I guess Moses got back to the right mindset. God is God and Moses is just a human.
Moses asked God, yesterday, "How will anyone know the Israelites are 'special' if you are not there for everyone to see?"
Well Moses... God just laid out how everyone knows the Israelites [Jews] are different. God gave them written laws, rules, and regulations. God gave them orders to destroy the idols and altars of those who would try to lure them away from God.
The Bible says Moses had no food or water for forty days and forty nights.
A human survived forty days and forty nights with no food or water! [Verse 28]
No water... Now that's a miracle!
