JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION
EXODUS 34: 1-2, 14
The second set of tablets given to Moses contained a lesser law than the first set. (compare Exodus 34: 1-2, 14; Doctrine and Covenants 84: 21-26)
1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two other tables of stone, like unto the first, and I will write upon them also, the words of the law, according as they were written at the first on the tables which thou brakest; but it shall not be according to the first, [ Or I will not give you a copy of those same commandments but I will make a new set. ] for I will take away the priesthood out of their midst; [ At least the Melchizedek Priesthood, he does give them the Aaronic priesthood. The Prophet Joseph Smith stated that “Moses sought to bring the children of Israel into the presence of God. through the power of the Priesthood but he could not.”(History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842], p. 12 [addenda], The Joseph Smith Papers.) ] therefore my holy order, and the ordinances thereof, [ He will take away the endowment that he wanted to give them. ] shall not go before them; for my presence shall not go up in their midst, [ They needed to become sanctified, and then they needed the key to the knowledge of God in order to come into his presence, but they chose not to, they used their agency - so God had no choice but to stay away. ] lest I destroy them.
2 But I will give unto them the law as at the first, but it shall be after the law of a carnal commandment; [ D&C 84:27 ] for I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my presence, into my rest, in the days of their pilgrimage. Therefore do as I have commanded thee, and be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai,