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And he hewedtwotables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mountSinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the twotables of stone.
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And the LORDdescended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed , The LORD, The LORDGod,merciful and gracious,longsuffering*, and abundant in goodness and truth,
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Keepingmercy for thousands,forgivinginiquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no meansclear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
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And Moses made haste , and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped .
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And he said , If now I have foundgrace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, goamong us; for it is a stiffnecked*people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance .
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And he said , Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will domarvels , such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the peopleamong which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
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Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive outbefore thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
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Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest , lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
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But ye shall destroy their altars,break their images, and cut down their groves:
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For thou shalt worship no othergod: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealousGod: