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Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9

The LORD Proclaims His Name

Moses on Mount Sinai, Jean-Léon Gérôme
Moses on Mount Sinai, Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1895–1900Private collection
Gérôme's Moses stands alone on a summit above cloud, dark against the light, the figure reduced almost to a silhouette.Moses rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai … The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there … And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth.Private collectionIn private hands, which is why it is seen in reproduction far more often than in the flesh.Private collection

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"The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity." (Exodus 34:6)

Moses climbs Mount Sinai again with two stone tablets, and the LORD passes before him proclaiming his name as merciful and gracious. Moses bows down and asks the Lord to pardon the people and take them as his own.

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