Today is the 12th day of February. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today.

We greet this shiny sparkly new week from the land of the Galilee, where we will head out for our second day in this region.

We had a great time yesterday and we'll talk about that in a little bit.

But let's dive into the scriptures for today, which is why we have gathered around the global campfire.

We've got a brand new week. We'll read from the contemporary English version this week.

And obviously, picking up where we left off yesterday, which leads us back into the book of Exodus.

Today, Chapter 34 verse 1 through 35 verse 9.

One day, the Lord said to Moses,

Cut two flat stones like the first ones I made, and I will write on them the same commandments that were on the two you broke. Be ready tomorrow morning to come up Mount Sinai and meet me at the top.

No one is to come with you or to be on the mountain at all. Don't even let the sheep and cattle graze at the foot of the mountain.

Some Moses cut two flat stones like the first ones, and early the next morning he carried them to the top of Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded.

The Lord came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain.

God spoke his holy name, the Lord. Then he passed in front of Moses and called out,

I am the Lord God. I am merciful and very patient with my people. I show great love and I can be trusted.

I keep my promises to my people forever, but I also punish anyone who sins.

When people sin, I punish them in their children and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Moses quickly bowed down to the ground and worshiped the Lord. He prayed,

Lord, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us.

It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious, but forgive our sin and let us be your people.

The Lord said, I promise to perform miracles for you that have never been seen anywhere on earth.

Neighboring nations will stand in fear and know that I was the one who did these marvelous things.

I will force out the amurites, the canonites, the hittytes, the parasites, the hivites, and the jabbiocytes,

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