Exodus 34:10-26

In response God announced that He would restore the covenant. That is, He would establish the covenant again. Furthermore He would perform miracles never before seen, namely, driving out the Canaanites (Exodus 34:1).

To remind the Israelites of their duties in the covenant relationship, God repeated two of the fundamental ordinances (chs. 21-23) that would determine their attitude toward Him.

1. They were to make no covenants with the Canaanites but drive them out completely (Exodus 34:11-16). The Israelites were to live by only one covenant: their covenant with Yahweh at Sinai.

2. They were to worship God as He had specified (Exodus 34:17-26) rather than as they thought best. Their failure in this had resulted in the worship of the golden calf.