11 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
12 When you lift up the head of the sons of Israel, of those numbered, each one
shall give the ransom of his soul to YAHUVEH when numbering them; and there
shall not be a plague among them when numbering them.
13 They shall give this, everyone passing over to those numbered: half a shekel,
by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs being a shekel; half a shekel as
an offering to YAHUVEH.
14 Every one passing over to those numbered, from a son of twenty years and
upward, shall give the offering of YAHUVEH.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a
shekel, to give the offering of YAHUVEH, to make atonement for your souls.
16 And you shall take the silver of atonement from the sons of Israel and you
shall give it to the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and it shall
be for the sons of Israel for remembrance before the face of YAHUVEH, to make
atonement for your souls.
17 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
18 And you shall make a copper laver for washing, and its base copper. And you
shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar; and you
shall put water there.
19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash from it, their hands and their feet;
20 as they go into the tabernacle of the congregation they shall wash with
water, and shall not die; or as they draw near to the altar to minister, to burn
a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
21 And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and shall not die. And it
shall be a never ending statute to them, to him and to his seed for their
generations.
22 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
23 And you take spices for yourself, the best, five hundred of pure myrrh, and
its half of spicy cinnamon, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and
fifty of aromatic calamus;
24 and five hundred of cassia, by the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of
olive oil.
25 And you shall make it an oil of holy anointing, ointment compound, the work
of a perfumer, an oil of holy anointing it shall be.
26 And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of the congregation and the ark
of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its vessels and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and the laver and its
base.
29 And you shall sanctify them, and they shall become most holy; everything
touching them shall become holy.
30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate them to
minister as priests to Me.
31 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy
anointing oil for Me for your generations.
32 It shall not be poured on the flesh of man, and you shall not make any like
it in its proportion; it is holy. It shall be holy to you.
33 If a man prepares any like it, or who gives from it to a stranger, he shall
be cut off from his people.
34 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Take perfumes for yourself, spices, stacte, and
onycha, and galbanum, spices, and pure frankincense, a part shall be for a part.
35 And you shall make it incense, an ointment, a work of a perfumer, salted,
pure and holy.
36 And you shall grind some of it fine, and put some of it in front of the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I meet you. It shall be
most holy to you.
37 And the incense which you make, in its proportion, you shall not make for
yourselves; it shall be holy to you for YAHUVEH.
38 If a man makes any like it, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his
people.
Chapter 31
1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Behold, I have called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, to the
tribe of Judah.
3 And I have filled him with the spirit of Elohim in wisdom, and in
intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship,
4 to devise designs, to work in gold and in silver and in copper,
5 and in cutting of stones for finishings, and in carving of wood, to work in
all workmanship.
6 And behold! I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of
Dan; and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom; and they
shall make all which I have commanded you:
7 the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the
mercyseat which is going up over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle,
8 and the table and its vessels, and the pure Menorah and all its vessels, and
the altar of incense;
9 and the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its
base;
10 and the woven garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the
garments of his sons, to minister as priests;
11 and the oil of anointing, and the incense of perfumes for the sanctuary;
according to all which I have commanded you, they shall do.
12 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
13 And you speak to the sons of Israel, charging them, only My Sabbaths you
shall keep2; for it is a sign between Me and you for your generation; to know
that I am YAHUVEH your sanctifies.
14 And you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you; the profaners of it
shall surely be executed; for everyone doing work3 in it, that soul shall be cut
off from the midst of his people.
15 Work may be done six days, and on the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy
to YAHUVEH; everyone doing work on the Sabbath day surely shall be put to death.
16 And the sons of Israel shall guard the Sabbath, to observe and do the Sabbath
for their generations; it is a never ending covenant.
17 It is a sign forever between Me and the sons of Israel; for in six days
YAHUVEH made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was
refreshed.1
18 And when He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to Moses the
two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of
Elohim.2
Chapter 32
1 And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain. And the
people gathered to Aaron. And they said to him, Rise up, make for us gods who
may go before our face. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the
land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of
your wives, your sons and your daughters; and bring them to me.
3 And all the people broke off the rings of gold in their ears, and they brought
to Aaron.
4 And he took them from their hand and formed it with an engraving tool. And he
made it a casted calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought
you up from the land of Egypt.
5 And Aaron saw, and he built an altar before it. And Aaron called and said, A
feast to YAHUVEH tomorrow.
6 And they rose early on the morrow, and they offered burnt offerings and
brought near peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose
up to make merry.
7 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, Come, go down, for your people whom you caused to
go up from Egypt are corrupted;
8 they have quickly turned off from the way which I commanded them; they have
made for themselves a casted calf and have bowed to it, and have sacrificed to
it. And they have said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from
the land of Egypt.
9 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a
stiff-necked people.
10 And now leave Me alone that My anger may glow against them, that I may
consume them. And I will make you a great nation.
11 And Moses prayed before the face of YAHUVEH his Elohim, and he said, Why, O
YAHUVEH, does Your anger glow against Your people whom You caused to go up from
the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12 Why should the Egyptians say, For evil He has caused them to go up, to kill
them in the mountains, and to consume them on the face of the earth? Turn from
Your fierce anger and be moved to pity as to the evil to Your people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by
Yourself, and You spoke to them, I will multiply your seed like the stars of the
heavens, and all this land which I have said, I will give to your seed. And they
shall possess it forever.
14 And YAHUVEH was moved to pity concerning the evil which He had spoken to do
to His people.
15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, the two tablets of the
testimony in his hand, tablets written on their two sides, on this and on that
side they were written.
16 And the tablets were the work of Elohim, and the writing was the writing of
Elohim; it was engraved on the tablets.
17 And Yahoshua heard the voice of the people in their shouting. And he said to
Moses, A sound of war in the camp!
18 And he said, It is not a sound of a cry of might, nor a sound of a cry of
defeat; I am hearing the sound of singing.
19And it happened, as he came near to the camp and saw the calf and dances, the
anger of Moses glowed. And he threw the tablets from his hands, and he broke
them below the mountain.
20 And he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground
it until it was fine, then he scattered it on the face of the water. And he made
the sons of Israel to drink it.
21 And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to you that you have made
to come on them a great sin?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord glow. You know the people that
it is in evil.
23 And they said to me, Make for us gods who may go before us; as for Moses, the
man who caused us to go up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has
become of him.
24 And I said to them, Whoever has gold, let them break off. And they gave to
me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.
25 And Moses saw the people, that they were naked1, for Aaron had let them naked
for scornful shaming among their enemies.
26 And Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, Who is for YAHUVEH? Come to
me! And all the sons of Levi assembled to him.
27 And he said to them, So says YAHUVEH, Elohim of Israel, each one put his
sword on his thigh; pass to and fro from gate to gate in the camp, and each one
kill his brother, and each one his neighbor, and each one his kindred.
28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three
thousand men of the people fell on that day.
29 And Moses said, Fill your hand today for YAHUVEH, since each one has been
against his son and against his brother, and in order to give you a blessing
today.
30 And it happened on the morrow, Moses said to the people, You have sinned a
great sin. And now I will go up to YAHUVEH; perhaps I can make atonement for
your sin.
31 And Moses went back to YAHUVEH and said, Oh, this people has sinned a great
sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.
32 And now if You will, lift up their sin. And if not, I pray, blot me out from
Your book which You have written.
33 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him
from My book.
34 And now go, lead the people to that place which I have spoken to you. Behold,
My Messenger shall go before your face. And in the day of My visitation I will
visit their sin on them.
35 And YAHUVEH plagued the people because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Chapter 33
1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, Come, go up from this place, you and the people
whom you have caused to go up out from the land of Egypt, to the land which I
swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed.
2 And I will send a Messenger before your face1, and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and
the Jebusite;
3 to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up among you, for you
are a stiffnecked people, lest I consume you in the way.
4 And the people heard this evil word, and they mourned, and did not put any
ornaments on themselves.
5 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, You are a stiffnecked
people; in one instant I will go up among you and I will consume you. And now
lay off from you your ornaments, that I may know what I shall do to you.
6 And the sons of Israel pulled off their ornaments, from Mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the
camp. And he called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And it happened that
everyone seeking YAHUVEH went to the tabernacle of the congregation which was
outside the camp.
8 And it happened as Moses went to the tabernacle, the people all rose and
stood, each one at the door of his tent. And they looked after Moses until he
had gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it happened as Moses went into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud would
come down and stand at the door of the tabernacle. And He spoke with Moses.
10 And all the people would see the pillar of the cloud standing at the door of
the tabernacle. And all the people rose and bowed themselves, each one at the
door of his tent.2
11 And YAHUVEH would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
And he would return to the camp. And his attendant, Yahoshua the son of Nun, a
young man did not leave the middle of the tabernacle.
12 And Moses said to YAHUVEH, Behold, You are saying to me, Cause this people to
go up. And You, You have not told me whom You will send with me. And yet You
have said, I know you by name, and also you have found favor in My eyes.3
13 And now, if I have found favor in Your eyes, please make me see Your ways,
and let me know You, so that I may find favor in Your eyes; and consider that
this nation is Your people.
14 And He said, My presence4 will go with you, and I will give you rest.
15 And they said to Him, If Your presence does not go, do not cause us to go up
from here.
16 And now by what can it be known that I and Your people have found favor in
Your eyes? Is it not in Your going with us? And we are distinguished, I and Your
people, from all the nations which are on the face of the earth?
17 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, This thing which you have spoken I will do. For
you have found favor in My eyes, and I know you by name.
18 And he said, I pray, let me see Your glory. (Luk 9:23-35)
19 And He said, I will cause all My goodness to pass before your face. And I
will call out the name of YAHUVEH before your face. And I will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.
20 And He said, You are not able to see My face; for no man can see Me and live.
21 And YAHUVEH said, Behold, a place by Me! And you shall stand on a rock.
22 And as My glory is passing it will be that I will put you in a cleft of the
rock; and I will cover My hand over you during My passing.
23 And I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back1; but My face cannot be
seen.
Chapter 34
1 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone, like the
former. And I will write on the tablets the words which were on the former
tablet, which you broke.
2 And be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai. And
place yourself there by Me, on the top of the mountain.
3 And a man shall not go up with you. And also let no man be seen on all the
mountain. Also do not allow the flocks and the herds to feed before that
mountain.
4 And he cut out two tablets of stone like the former. And Moses rose early in
the morning and went up into Mount Sinai, as YAHUVEH had commanded him. And he
took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5 And YAHUVEH came down in the cloud. And he placed himself there with Him, and
he called on the name of YAHUVEH.
6 And YAHUVEH passed by before his face and called out: YAHUVEH! YAHUVEH Elohim!
Merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and great in goodness and truth,
7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and
not leaving entirely unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, and
on sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.
8 And Moses hurried and bowed to the earth and worshiped.
9 And he said, If now I have found favor in Your eyes, O YAHUVEH, please let my
Adonai go in our midst, for it is a stiffnecked people; and You forgive our
iniquity and our sin, and take us as a possession.
10 And He said, Behold, I am cutting a covenant;2 I will do wonderful things
before all your people which not have been done in all the earth, and among all
nations. And all the people in whose midst you are shall see the work of
YAHUVEH, for that which I am about to do is awesome.
11 Take heed for yourself what I am commanding you today. Behold, I am about to
drive out from before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
12 Take heed to yourself, that you not cut a covenant with the people of the
land to which you are going in, that it not be a snare in your midst.
13 But you shall cut down their altars, break their pillars, and you shall cut
off their Asherahs.
14 For you shall not bow to another Elohim, for YAHUVEH whose name is Jealous1,
He is a jealous Elohim;
15 that you not cut a covenant with the people of the land, and they fornicate
with their Elohims, and they call to you, and you eat from his sacrifice;
16 and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters
fornicate with their Elohims, and they lead your sons to fornicate with their
Elohims.2
17 You shall not make for yourself casted Elohims.
18 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened; seven days you shall eat unleavened
things, which I commanded you, at the time appointed, the month of Abib; for in
the month of Abib you went out from Egypt.
19 Every one opening the womb is Mine, and all your male livestock, a firstling
of ox or sheep,
20 and a firstling of a donkey, you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you do not
redeem, you shall break its neck. You shall redeem every firstborn of your sons,
and they shall not be seen before My face empty.
21 You may work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time
and in harvest you shall rest.
22 And you shall observe a Feast of Weeks for yourself, the first-fruits of the
harvest of wheat; also the Feast of Ingathering after the turn of the year3.
23 Three times in the year every male of yours shall be seen before the face of
Adonai YAHUVEH, the Elohim of Israel.
24 For I will expel nations from before your face and will make broad your
territory; and no one shall covet your land, as you go up to appear before
YAHUVEH your Elohim three times in the year.
25 You shall not slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, nor shall the
sacrifice of the Passover Feast pass the night until morning.
26 You shall bring the first of the first-fruits of your ground to the house of
YAHUVEH your Elohim. You shall not boil a kid in the milk of its mother.
27 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Write these words for yourself, for on the mouth
of these words I will cut a covenant with you and with Israel4.
28 And he was there with YAHUVEH forty days and forty nights; he did not eat
bread and he did not drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the
covenant, the Ten Words.
29 And it happened as Moses was going down from Mount Sinai, the two tablets of
the testimony being in Moses’ hand as he went down from the mountain, Moses did
not know that the skin of his face had become shiny through His speaking with
him.
30 And Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses. And, behold! The skin of his
face shone. And they were afraid to draw near to him.
31 And Moses called to them. And Aaron and all the leaders among the
congregation turned back to him. And Moses spoke to them.
32 And afterwards all the sons of Israel drew near. And he commanded them all
that which YAHUVEH had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.
33 And Moses finished speaking with them, and he put a veil on his face.
34 And as Moses came in before YAHUVEH to speak with Him, he took off the veil
until he went out1. And he would go out and speak to the sons of Israel that
which he was commanded.
35 And the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’
face shone2. And Moses would put back the veil on his face until he went in to
speak with Him.