Reading I
Exod 34:4b-6, 8-9
Then he cut out two tables of stone, such as had been before; and rising very early he went up into the Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, carrying with him the tables.
And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.
And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,
And Moses making haste, bowed down prostrate unto the earth, and adoring,
Said: If I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, I beseech thee that thou wilt go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked people) and take away our iniquities and sin, and possess us.
