Moses sees God's glory; new tablets
Exodus 33–34; 2 Corinthians 3:7–18
Moses asked to see God's glory; God passed by, proclaimed his name, and renewed the covenant with new tablets of stone.
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth”
Exodus 34:6 (World English Bible)
God put Moses in a cleft of the rock and covered him with his hand as his glory passed by. The words God proclaimed about himself, merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, are quoted again and again in the Psalms and Prophets.
After another forty days, Moses came down with his face shining so brightly that he had to wear a veil. Paul contrasts that fading glory with the greater, lasting glory of the new covenant (2 Corinthians 3).
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Dating notes
Ussher places Moses' return with the second tablets in the sixth month of 1491 BC.