Shemot, starting at chapter 31
{31:1} The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, {31:2} "Behold, I have
called by name Betzal'el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe
of Yehudah: {31:3} and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in
wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship, {31:4} to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, {31:5} and in cutting of stones for setting, and
in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. {31:6} I,
behold, I have appointed with him Oholi'av, the son of Achisamakh, of
the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have
put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you: {31:7}
the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is
on it, all the furniture of the Tent, {31:8} the table and its
vessels, the pure menorah with all its vessels, the altar of incense,
{31:9} the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and
its base, {31:10} the finely worked garments--the holy garments for
Aharon the [1>]Kohen[<1]--the garments of his sons to minister in the
[2>]Kohen[<2]'s office, {31:11} the anointing oil, and the incense of
sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have
commanded you they shall do."
{31:12} The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, {31:13} "Speak also to the
children of Yisra'el, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my
Shabbatot: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
{31:14} You shall keep the Shabbat therefore; for it is holy to you.
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever
does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his
people. {31:15} Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is
a Shabbat of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on
the day of Shabbat shall surely be put to death. {31:16} Therefore the
children of Yisra'el shall keep the Shabbat, to observe the Shabbat
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. {31:17} It is
a sign between me and the children of Yisra'el forever; for in six
days the LORD made heaven and [3>]eretz[<3], and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed.'"
{31:18} He gave to Moshe, when he finished speaking with him on
Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written
with God's finger.
{32:1} When the people saw that Moshe delayed to come down from the
mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aharon, and said
to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moshe, the man who brought us up out of the land of Mitzrayim, we
don't know what has become of him."
{32:2} Aharon said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
them to me."
{32:3} All the people took off the golden rings which were in their
ears, and brought them to Aharon. {32:4} He received what they handed
him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten
calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Yisra'el, which brought you
up out of the land of Mitzrayim."
{32:5} When Aharon saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aharon
made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."
{32:6} They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt
offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat
and to drink, and rose up to play.
{32:7} The LORD spoke to Moshe, "Go, get down; for your people, who
you brought up out of the land of Mitzrayim, have corrupted
themselves! {32:8} They have turned aside quickly out of the way which
I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have
worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your
gods, Yisra'el, which brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim.'"
{32:9} The LORD said to Moshe, "I have seen these people, and,
behold, they are a stiff-necked people. {32:10} Now therefore leave me
alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume
them; and I will make of you a great nation."
{32:11} Moshe begged the LORD his God, and said, "The LORD, why does
your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth
out of the land of Mitzrayim with great power and with a mighty hand?
{32:12} Why should the Mitzrim speak, saying, 'He brought them forth
for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
surface of the [1>]eretz[<1]?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent
of this evil against your people. {32:13} Remember Avraham, Yitzchak,
and Yisra'el, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and
said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and
all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they
shall inherit it forever.'"
{32:14} The LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do to
his people.
{32:15} Moshe turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two
tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on
both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
{32:16} The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the
writing of God, engraved on the tables.
{32:17} When Yehoshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,
he said to Moshe, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
{32:18} He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory,
neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the
noise of those who sing that I hear." {32:19} It happened, as soon as
he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and
Moshe#s anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and
broke them beneath the mountain. {32:20} He took the calf which they
had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered
it on the water, and made the children of Yisra'el drink of it.
{32:21} Moshe said to Aharon, "What did these people do to you, that
you have brought a great sin on them?"
{32:22} Aharon said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You
know the people, that they are set on evil. {32:23} For they said to
me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe,
the man who brought us up out of the land of Mitzrayim, we don't know
what has become of him.' {32:24} I said to them, 'Whoever has any
gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it me; and I threw it into
the fire, and out came this calf."
{32:25} When Moshe saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aharon
had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) {32:26} then
Moshe stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on the
LORD's side, come to me!"
All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. {32:27} He
said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, 'Every man put
his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate
throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his
companion, and every man his neighbor." {32:28} The sons of Levi did
according to the word of Moshe: and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men. {32:29} Moshe said, "Consecrate yourselves
today to the LORD, yes, every man against his son, and against his
brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
{32:30} It happened on the next day, that Moshe said to the people,
"You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I
shall make atonement for your sin."
{32:31} Moshe returned to the LORD, and said, "Oh, this people have
sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. {32:32} Yet
now, if you will, forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out
of your book which you have written."
{32:33} The LORD said to Moshe, "Whoever has sinned against me, him
will I blot out of my book. {32:34} Now go, lead the people to the
place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before
you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for
their sin." {32:35} The LORD struck the people, because they made the
calf, which Aharon made.
{33:1} The LORD spoke to Moshe, "Depart, go up from here, you and
the people that you have brought up out of the land of Mitzrayim, to
the land of which I swore to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov,
saying, 'I will give it to your seed.' {33:2} I will send an angel
before you; and I will drive out the Kana`ani, the Amori, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzi, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi: {33:3} to a land
flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you,
for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."
{33:4} When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no
one put on his jewelry.
{33:5} The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell the children of Yisra'el, 'You
are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one
moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from
you, that I may know what to do to you."
{33:6} The children of Yisra'el stripped themselves of their jewelry
from Mount Horev onward.
{33:7} Now Moshe used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the
camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting."
It happened that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tent of
meeting, which was outside the camp. {33:8} It happened that when
Moshe went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood,
everyone at their tent door, and watched Moshe, until he had gone into
the Tent. {33:9} It happened, when Moshe entered into the Tent, that
the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and
spoke with Moshe. {33:10} All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand
at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped,
everyone at their tent door. {33:11} The LORD spoke to Moshe face to
face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp,
but his servant Yehoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart
out of the Tent.
{33:12} Moshe said to the LORD, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this
people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet
you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in
my sight.' {33:13} Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight,
please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find
favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
{33:14} He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you
rest."
{33:15} He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me, don't
carry us up from here. {33:16} For how would people know that I have
found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn't it in that you go
with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the
people who are on the surface of the [1>]eretz[<1]?"
{33:17} The LORD said to Moshe, "I will do this thing also that you
have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by
name."
{33:18} He said, "Please show me your glory."
{33:19} He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and
will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show
mercy." {33:20} He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see
me and live." {33:21} The LORD also said, "Behold, there is a place by
me, and you shall stand on the rock. {33:22} It will happen, while my
glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will
cover you with my hand until I have passed by; {33:23} then I will
take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be
seen."
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Footnotes:
[1] {31:10} priest
[2] {31:10} priest
[3] {31:17} earth
[1] {32:12} earth
[1] {33:16} earth
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