Gen Z: Exodus 34
1Yo, the Lord told Moses, “Chop out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I’ll drop the same words on these that you smashed.”
2Get ready in the morning, and roll up to Mount Sinai to vibe with me at the top.
3No one’s allowed to roll up with you, and no peeps or animals should be seen around the mountain.
4So Moses chopped out two stone tablets like the first ones, got up early, and went up to Mount Sinai, just like the Lord said, holding the two tablets.
5The Lord showed up in a cloud and stood with him, flexing the name of the Lord.
6The Lord passed by and said, “The Lord, the Lord God, super chill and gracious, patient, and overflowing with goodness and truth, fr.”
7“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving sin and wrongdoing, but don’t get it twisted; I won’t let the guilty slide; I’ll visit the mistakes of the parents on their kids and grandkids, up to the fourth generation.”
8Moses was like, “No cap,” and bowed down to the ground, worshipping hard.
9He said, “If I’ve found favor in your eyes, Lord, please roll with us; we’re a stubborn crew, so forgive our mess-ups and let us be your people.”
10The Lord said, “Check it, I’m making a covenant: I’ll do crazy wonders before all your peeps that haven’t been seen anywhere else, and everyone will peep the work of the Lord; it’s gonna be wild.”
11Yo, listen up! I’m kickin' out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites from your turf. Major vibes.
12Keep it 100 and don’t make deals with the locals where you’re rollin’, or it’ll backfire hard, no cap.
13You gotta smash their altars, break their idols, and chop down their groves. Pop off!
14For real, don’t worship any other gods; the Lord’s name is Jealous, and He’s got that savage energy.
15If you make deals with the locals, they’ll be out here chasing their gods, and you might end up munching on their sacrifices, periodt.
16And don’t be taking their daughters for your sons, 'cause they’ll end up chasing after their gods too. That’s sus.
17No molten gods for you, fam.
18Keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days of munching on unleavened bread, just like I told you, when you bounced from Egypt in Abib. Lit!
19Everything that pops out first is mine; every male firstborn among your livestock, whether it’s an ox or a sheep.
20But you gotta redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, or else you’re breaking its neck. All your firstborn sons need redeeming too, and no one should roll up to me empty-handed.
21Work for six days, but on day seven, you chill. Even during planting and harvest, you gotta rest, no cap.
22Throw a party for the feast of weeks, celebrating the first wheat harvest, and the end-of-year gathering vibes.
23Three times a year, all the guys gotta show up before the Lord God, the big boss of Israel.
24I’ll kick out the nations in front of you and make your area bigger; no one’s gonna want your land when you roll up to see the Lord three times a year.
25Don’t mix my sacrifice’s blood with yeast; also, don’t leave any leftover Passover feast till morning, that’s sus.
26Bring the first of your firstfruits to the Lord’s house. And no boiling a kid in its mom’s milk, that’s just savage.
27The Lord told Moses, "Write these words down: I made a covenant with you and Israel, periodt."
28He was chilling with the Lord for forty days and nights, no food or water. He wrote the covenant words, the ten commandments, straight fire.
29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets, he didn’t even know his face was glowing from talking with the Lord, that’s rizz.
30Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, and they were shook because his face was glowing; they were scared to get close, fr.
31Moses was like, "Yo, come through," and Aaron plus all the squad came back to him, and Moses dropped some knowledge.
32Then all the kids of Israel rolled up, and he hit them with the commandments that the Lord had told him on Mount Sinai.
33Moses finished chatting and threw a veil on his face, no cap.
34But when Moses bounced in front of the Lord to talk, he took the veil off until he dipped out. Then he came out and shared what he was told with the kids of Israel.
35The kids of Israel peeped Moses’ face glowing, so he put the veil back on until he went in to chat with the Lord again.