出埃及記34:1-9

34:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你要鑿出兩塊石版，和先前你摔碎的那版一樣；其上的字我要寫在這版上。
34:2 明日早晨，你要預備好了，上西奈山，在山頂上站在我面前。
34:3 誰也不可和你一同上去，遍山都不可有人，在山根也不可叫羊群牛群吃草。」
34:4 摩西就鑿出兩塊石版，和先前的一樣。清晨起來，照耶和華所吩咐的上西奈山去，手裡拿著兩塊石版。
34:5 耶和華在雲中降臨，和摩西一同站在那裡，宣告耶和華的名。
34:6 耶和華在他面前宣告說：「耶和華，耶和華，是有憐憫有恩典的上帝，不輕易發怒，並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實，
34:7 為千萬人存留慈愛，赦免罪孽、過犯，和罪惡，萬不以有罪的為無罪，必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代。」
34:8 摩西急忙伏地下拜，
34:9 說：「主啊，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你在我們中間同行，因為這是硬著頸項的百姓。又求你赦免我們的罪孽和罪惡，以我們為你的產業。」

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.”

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    摩西為了那兩塊摔壞的石版再重新鑿了兩片，好讓上帝可以從新再將十誡寫在上面。不僅如此，他也希望上帝和以色列人的關係可以重新修好。所以向上帝禱告：「主啊，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你在我們中間同行，因為這是硬著頸項的百姓。又求你赦免我們的罪孽和罪惡，以我們為你的產業。」

    然而在摩西尚未禱告以先，上帝已經先宣告：「耶和華，耶和華，是有憐憫有恩典的上帝，不輕易發怒，並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實，為千萬人存留慈愛，赦免罪孽、過犯，和罪惡，萬不以有罪的為無罪，必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代。」

    可見是上帝存心要與人和好，所以人才可以與上帝和好！正如約翰福音3章16-17節所說：「上帝愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不致滅亡，反得永生。因為上帝差他的兒子降世，不是要定世人的罪（或譯：審判世人；下同），乃是要叫世人因他得救。」