God’s Attributes

Exodus 34:5–7

Biblical Period

5The Lord came down in a cloud; He stood with him there, and proclaimed the name Lord. 6The Lord passed before him a-and proclaimed: “The Lord! the Lord!-aa God compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and faithfulness, 7extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He does not remit all punishment, but visits the iniquity of parents upon children and children’s children, upon the third and fourth generations.”

Notes

Or “and the Lord proclaimed: The Lord! a God compassionate,” etc.

Credits

Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.

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