Bible Society of South Africa
Ds Hein Barnard

Forgiveness – Day 3

We read yesterday that God instructed Moses to cut out 2 flat stones and go up to Mount Sinai. God revealed Himself as the merciful God, willing to forgive people, but not to forget them.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

PHALLO 34

8Moshe a inamela fatshe ka potlako, a kgumamela Morena. 9Yaba o re: “Haeba jwale o nkgauhetse, ke rapela hore Morena a ke a tsamaye le rona, le hoja re le setjhaba se manganga. Ako re tshwarele bokgopo ba rona le dibe tsa rona, mme o re etse ba hao.”

Selekane se a ntjhafatswa

10Morena a re: “Bona, ke etsa selekane. Mahlong a setjhaba sohle sa heno, ke tla etsa dimakatso tse esong ho etswe lefatsheng lohle, le hara ditjhaba tsohle. Setjhaba sohle seo o phelang hara sona se tla bona mosebetsi wa Morena, hobane seo ke leng lekgatheng la ho se etsa ka wena se a tshabeha. 11Ela hloko seo ke o laelang sona kajeno. Ke tla o tebella Baamore, le Bakanana, le Bahete, le Baperise, le Bahife, le Bajebuse. 12Hlokomela, o se ke wa etsa selekane la baahi ba naha eo o yang ho yona, esere selekane seo ya eba leraba hara lona. 13O heletse dialetare tsa bona, o thue difika tsa bona tseo ba di kgumamelang, o senye ditshwantsho tsa bona tsa Ashera.

14“O se ke wa kgumamela modimo osele, hobane Morena, eo lebitso la hae e leng Sebouledi, ke Modimo ya boulelang. 15O se ke wa etsa selekane le baahi ba naha eo, esere ha ba rapela medimo ya bona ya bohata, mme ba e etsetsa mahlabelo, ba o mema, yaba o ja tse hlabetsweng medimo ya bona. 16O se ke wa nyadisa bara ba hao baradi ba bona, esere ba ba kgelosa, mme ba hloka botshepehi ho nna, ba rapela medimo ya bohata ya baahi ba moo.

17“O se ke wa iketsetsa medimo e bopilweng.

PHALLO 34:8-17SSO89SOBula ka mmadi wa Bibele

Moses pleads on behalf of the Israelites

Moses humbled himself and asked two things of the Lord.  He asked that God go with him from Sinai to the Promised Land, and he asked for forgiveness for what the Israelites did (worshipping the golden calf).

God responded by making a covenant with the Israelites and with it certain prohibitions, namely destroying idol altars, pillars and poles, never bowing down before any god and not allowing their children to marry anyone who is not part of the people of God. These prohibitions were part of normal covenants.  God initiated the covenant.

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