EX. 30:11

¹¹And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹²When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Yehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. ¹³This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Yehovah. ¹⁴Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Yehovah. ¹⁵The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yehovah, to make atonement for your souls. ¹⁶And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yehovah, to make atonement for your souls. 

¹⁷And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁸Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. ¹⁹And Aharon and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: ²⁰when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Yehovah. ²¹So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 

²²Moreover Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²³Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, ²⁴and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin; ²⁵and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. ²⁶And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, ²⁸and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. ²⁹And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. ³⁰And thou shalt anoint Aharon and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. ³¹And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. ³²Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. ³³Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. 

³⁴And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight; ³⁵and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy: ³⁶and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. ³⁷And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Yehovah. ³⁸Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people. 

31 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²See, I have called by name B’tzal’el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Y’hudah: ³and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, ⁴to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, ⁵and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. ⁶And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholi’av, the son of Achisamakh, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: ⁷the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, ⁸and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, ⁹and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, ¹⁰and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aharon the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, ¹¹and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 

¹²And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹³Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yehovah who sanctifieth you. ¹⁴Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. ¹⁶Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. ¹⁷It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Yehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 

¹⁸And he gave unto Moshe, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 

32 And when the people saw that Moshe delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aharon, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. ²And Aharon said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. ³And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. ⁴And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ⁵And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aharon made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Yehovah. ⁶And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 

⁷And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: ⁸they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ⁹And Yehovah said unto Moshe, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: ¹⁰now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. ¹¹And Moshe besought Jehovah his God, and said, Yehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? ¹²Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. ¹³Remember Avraham, Yitz’chak, and Isra’el, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. ¹⁴And Yehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people. 

¹⁵And Moshe turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. ¹⁶And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. ¹⁷And when Y’hoshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moshe, There is a noise of war in the camp. ¹⁸And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear. ¹⁹And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moshe’s anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. ²⁰And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 

²¹And Moshe said unto Aharon, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them? ²²And Aharon said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. ²³For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. ²⁴And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 

²⁵And when Moshe saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aharon had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) ²⁶then Moshe stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Yehovah’s side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. ²⁷And he said unto them, Thus saith Yehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. ²⁸And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moshe: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. ²⁹And Moshe said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Yehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 

³⁰And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moshe said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin. ³¹And Moshe returned unto Yehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. ³²Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. ³³And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. ³⁴And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. ³⁵And Yehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aharon made. 

33 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Avraham, to Yitz’chak, and to Ya’akov, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: ²and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Kena’ani, the Emori, and the Hitti, and the P’rizzi, the Hivi, and the Y’vusi: ³unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way. ⁴And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. ⁵And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. ⁶And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. 

⁷Now Moshe used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Yehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp. ⁸And it came to pass, when Moshe went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moshe, until he was gone into the Tent. ⁹And it came to pass, when Moshe entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and Yehovah spake with Moshe. ¹⁰And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door. ¹¹And Yehovah spake unto Moshe face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Y’hoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent. 

¹²And Moshe said unto Yehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight. ¹³Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. ¹⁴And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. ¹⁵And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. ¹⁶For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? 

¹⁷And Yehovah said unto Moshe, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. ¹⁸And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. ¹⁹And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Yehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ²⁰And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. ²¹and Yehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: ²²and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: ²³and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen. 

34 And Jehovah said unto Moshe, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. ²And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. ³And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. ⁴And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moshe rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Yehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. ⁵And Yehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yehovah. ⁶And Yehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yehovah, Yehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; ⁷keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. ⁸And Moshe made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. ⁹And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 

¹⁰And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. ¹¹Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Emori, and the Kena’ani, and the Hitti, and the P’rizzi, and the Hivi, and the Y’vusi. ¹²Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: ¹³but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim; ¹⁴(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Yehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God); ¹⁵lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice; ¹⁶and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods. ¹⁷Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

¹⁸The feast of matzah shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat matzah, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Aviv; for in the month Aviv thou camest out from Egypt. ¹⁹All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep. ²⁰And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. ²¹Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. ²²And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end. ²³Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Yehovah, the God of Israel. ²⁴For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Yehovah thy God three times in the year. 

²⁵Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of Pesach be left unto the morning. ²⁶The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Yehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk. 

²⁷And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. ²⁸And he was there with Yehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 

²⁹And it came to pass, when Moshe came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moshe’s hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moshe knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. ³⁰And when Aharon and all the children of Israel saw Moshe, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. ³¹And Moshe called unto them; and Aharon and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moshe spake to them. ³²And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Yehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai. ³³And when Moshe had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. ³⁴But when Moshe went in before Yehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. ³⁵And the children of Israel saw the face of Moshe, that the skin of Moshe’s face shone: and Moshe put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.