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CHAP. XXIX.

of Aaron and his sons.

perpetual statute: and thou shalt | fat that covereth the inwards, and consecrate Aaron and his sons. the caul above the liver, and the 10 And thou shalt cause a bul-two kidneys, and the fat that is lock to be brought before the ta- upon them, and the right shoulder: bernacle of the congregation; and for it is a ram of consecration: Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering.

15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the

ram.

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burntoffering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread, that is before the LORD.

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever, from the children of Israel: for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even their heaveoffering unto the LORD.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of 33 And they shall eat those things the anointing oil, and sprinkle it wherewith the atonement was upon Aaron, and upon his gar-made, to consecrate and to ments, and upon his sons, and upon sanctify them but a stranger shall the garments of his sons with him: not eat thercof, because they are and he shall be hallowed, and his holy. garments, and his sons, and his Bons' garments with him.

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the

34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bren remain unto the morning, thou shalt burn the remain

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Altar of incense. with fire: it shall not be caten, be- thereof: the horns thereof shall be canse it is holy. of the same.

35 And thus shalt thou do unto 3 And thou shalt overlay it with Aaron, and to his sons, according pure gold, the top thereof, and the to all things which I have com-sides thereof round about, and the manded thee: seven days shalt horns thereof; and thou shalt make thou consecrate them. unto it a crown of gold round about.

10 And Aaron shall make an 42 This shall be a continual atonement upon the horns of it once burnt-offering throughout your ge- in a year, with the blood of the sinnerations at the door of the taber-offering of atonements: once in the nacle of the congregation before year shall he make atonement the LORD: where I will meet you upon it throughout your geneto speak there unto thee. rations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

11 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them: that there be no plague among them when thou numberest them.

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs :) a half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

The Altar of Incense. 14 Every one that passeth among Ao burns upon ND thou shalt make an altar them that are numbered, from to burn incense upon: of shit-twenty years old and above, shall tim-wood shalt thou make it. give an offering unto the LORD.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD

to make an atonement for your souls.

16 And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

for the priests

children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it,, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

34 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, 20 When they go into the taber-pure and holy:" nacle of the congregation, they 36 And thou shalt beat some of it shall wash with water, that they very small, and put of it before die not: or when they come near the testimony in the tabernacle to the altar to minister, to burn of the congregation, where I will offering made by fire unto the meet with thee: it shall be unto you LORD: most holy.

21 So 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.

22 Moreover, the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon much,

37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. CHAP. XXXI.

Bezaleel and Aholiab called.
ND the LORD spake unto

hundred and fifty shekels, and of A Mosch, saying,

sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive a hin:

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

2 T See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 And 1 have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation 5 And in cutting of stones to set therewith, and the ark of the tes-them, and in carving of timber, to timony, work in all manner of workmanship.

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his 6 And I, behold, I have given vessels, and the altar of incense, with him Aholiab the son of Ahi28 And the altar of burnt-offer-simach, of the tribe of Dan; and ing with all his vessels, and the in the hearts of all that are wiselaver and his foot. hearted I have put wisdom; that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

31 And thou shalt speak unto the

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

8 And the table and his furni ture, and the pure candlestick wi

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The sabbath must be observed. EXODUS,

Israel's idolatry

all his furniture, and the altar of daughters, and bring them unt incense,

9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

12 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

me.

3 And all the people brake of the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To13 Speak thou also unto the chil-morrow is a feast to the LORD. dren of Israel, saying, Verily my 6 And they rose up early on the sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a morrow, and offered burnt-offersign between me and you through-ings, and brought peace-offerings: out your generations; that ye may and the people sat down to eat and know that I am the LORD that doth to drink, and rose up to play. sanctify you.

71 And the LORD said unto 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath Moses, Go, get thee down: for therefore: for it is holy unto you. thy people, which thou broughtest Every one that defileth it shall out of the land of Egypt, have corsurely be put to death: for whoso-rupted themselves: ever doeth any work therein, that 8 They have turned aside quickly soul shall be cut off from among out of the way which I commanded his people. them: they have made them a 15 Six days may work be done, molten calf, and have worshipped but in the seventh is the sabbath it, and have sacrificed thereunto, of rest, holy to the LORD: whoso- and said, These be thy gods, O ever doeth any work in the sab-Israel, which have brought theo bath-day he shall surely be put to up out of the land of Egypt. death.

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day ho rested and was refreshed.

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

CHAP. XXXII. The golden Calf. Allows delayed come down ND when the people saw that out of the mount, the, people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:

10 Now 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.

11 1 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, consume them from the face of the and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 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..

14 And the LORD
14 And the LORD repented o

Moses breaketh the tables. CHAP. XXXIII.

the evil which he thought to do un-
to his people.

15 And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of the testimony were
in his hand: the tables were writ-
ten on both their sides; on the one
side and on the other were they
written.

16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

18 And 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.

19 T And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

20 T And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they reset on mischief

23 For they said unto me, Make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies,)

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate

His intercession.

throughout, the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

9 For Moses had said, Conse crate yourselves to-day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a 'blessing this day.

30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

32 Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin: and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

34 Therefore 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.

35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

CHAP. XXXIII.
The Lord talketh with Moses.

Depart and go up hence, thou AND the LORD said unto Moses, and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

4 1 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked pe plo: I will come up into

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