Jan 22 - Exodus 33-35
Exodus
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Go forth, ascend from this place, you and your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, into the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: To your offspring, I will give it2And I will send an Angel to precede you, so that I may cast out the Canaanite, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite3and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up with you, since you are a stiff-necked people, lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way.4And upon hearing this very bad news, the people mourned; and no one put on his finery according to custom5And the Lord said to Moses: "Say to the sons of Israel: You are a stiff-necked people. I should at once go up into your midst and destroy you. Now immediately put aside your ornaments, so that I may know what to do to you.6Therefore, the sons of Israel put aside their ornaments before Mount Horeb7Also, Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it beyond the camp at a distance, and he called its name: ‘Tabernacle of the Covenant.’ And all the people, who had any kind of question, went out to the Tabernacle of the Covenant, beyond the camp8And when Moses went out to the tabernacle, all the people rose up, and each one stood at the door of his pavilion, and they beheld the back of Moses until he entered the tent9And when he had gone into the Tabernacle of the Covenant, the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door, and he spoke with Moses10And all discerned that the pillar of cloud stood at the door of the Tabernacle. And they stood and worshipped at the doors of their tents11But the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, just as a man is used to speaking to his friend. And when he returned to the camp, his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not withdraw from the Tabernacle12Then Moses said to the Lord: "You instruct me to lead this people away, and you do not reveal to me whom you will send with me, particularly since you have said: ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor before me.13If, therefore, I have found favor in your sight, show your face to me, so that I may know you and may find grace before your eyes. Look favorably on your people, this nation.14And the Lord said, "My face will precede you, and I will give you rest.15And Moses said: "If you will not yourself precede us, then do not lead us away from this place16For how will we be able to know, I and your people, that we have found grace in your sight, unless you walk with us, so that we may be glorified out of all the people who live upon the earth?17Then the Lord said to Moses: "This word also, which you have spoken, I will do. For you have found grace before me, and I have known you by name.18And he said, "Show me your glory.19He responded: "I will show you all that is good, and I will call out with the name of the Lord before you. And I will take pity on whomever I will, and I will be lenient to whomever it will please me.20And again he said: "You are not able to see my face. For man shall not see me and live.21And again, he said: "Behold, there is a place with me, and you shall stand upon the rock22And when my glory will cross over, I will set you in a cleft of the rock, and I will protect you with my right hand, until I pass by23And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see.
1And after this he said: "Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones, and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke2Be prepared in the morning, so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai, and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain3Let no one ascend with you, and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain. Likewise, do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.4And so he cut out two tablets of stone, like those that were before. And rising up in the night, he ascended onto Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had instructed him, carrying with him the tablets5And when the Lord had descended in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord6And as he was crossing before him, he said: "The Ruler, the Lord God, merciful and lenient, patient and full of compassion and also truthful7who preserves mercy a thousand fold, who takes away iniquity, and wickedness, and also sin; and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent. You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons, and also to their descendents to the third and fourth generation.8And hurrying, Moses bowed down prostrate to the ground; and worshiping9he said: "If I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin, and so possess us.10The Lord responded: "I will enter into a pact in the sight of all. I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth, nor among any nation, so that this people, in whose midst you are, may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do11Observe everything that I command you this day. I myself will drive out before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite12Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be your ruin13But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves14Do not be willing to worship any strange god. The jealous Lord is his name. God is a rival15Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions, lest, when they will have fornicated with their gods and worshiped their idols, someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated16Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods17You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods18You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, in the time of the month of what is new. For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt19All of the male kind, which open the womb, shall be mine: from all the animals, as much of oxen as of sheep, it shall be mine20The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep. But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. You shall not appear empty in my sight21For six days you shall work. On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest22You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat, and a Solemnity when the time of the year returns and everything is stored away23Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty, the Lord God of Israel24For when I will have taken away the nations before your face, and enlarged your borders, no one shall lie in wait against your land when you will go up to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, three times a year25You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven; and there shall not remain, in the morning, any of the victim of the Solemnity of the Passover26The first of the fruits of your land you shall offer in the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.27And the Lord said to Moses, "Write these words to you, through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel.28Therefore, he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant29And when Moses descended from Mount Sinai, he held the two tablets of the testimony, and he did not know that his face was radiant from the sharing of words with the Lord30Then Aaron and the sons of Israel, seeing that the face of Moses was radiant, were afraid to approach close by31And being called by him, they turned back, both Aaron and the leaders of the assembly. And after he had spoken to them32all the sons of Israel also now came to him. And he instructed them in all the things that he had heard from the Lord on Mount Sinai33And having completed these words, he placed a veil over his face34But when he entered to the Lord and was speaking with him, he took it off, until he exited. And then he spoke to the sons of Israel all that had been commanded to him35And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out, was radiant, but he covered his face again, whenever he spoke to them
1Therefore, when all the multitude of the sons of Israel had gathered together, he said to them: "These are the things that the Lord has ordered to be done2For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, the Sabbath and the rest of the Lord, will be holy to you; whoever will have done any work in it shall be killed3You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwelling places throughout the day of the Sabbath.4And Moses said to the entire crowd of the sons of Israel: "This is the word which the Lord has instructed, saying5Separate from among you the first-fruits to the Lord. Let all who are willing and have a ready soul offer these to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass6hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats7and the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins, setim wood8and oil to prepare lights and to produce ointment, and most sweet incense9onyx stones and gems, to adorn the ephod and the breastplate10And whoever among you is wise, let him come and make what the Lord has commanded11the tabernacle, certainly, and its roof, and also the covering, the rings, and the panels with the bars, the tent pegs and the bases12the ark and its bars, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it13the table with its bars and vessels, and the bread of the presence14the lampstand to hold up the lights, its vessels and lamps, and the oil to the nourish the fire15the altar of incense and its bars, and the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics, the tent at the door of the tabernacle16the altar of holocaust and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels, the washtub and its base17the curtains of the atrium, with the columns and the bases, the hanging at the doors of the vestibule18the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium, with their little cords19the vestments, which are to be used in the ministry of the Sanctuary, the vestments of Aaron, the high priest, as well as those of his sons, in order to exercise the priesthood to me.20And all the multitude of the sons of Israel, departing from the sight of Moses21offered the first-fruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatever was needed for worship and for the holy vestments22men along with women provided: arm bands and earrings, rings and bracelets. And every vessel of gold was separated, to be donated to the Lord23If anyone had hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, fine linen and the hair of goats, the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins24metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, along with setim wood for various uses25But the skillful women also gave whatever they had spun: hyacinth, purple, and vermillion, as well as fine linen26and the hair of goats, donating everything of their own accord27Yet truly, the leaders offered onyx stones and gems, for the ephod and the breastplate28and aromatics and oil, to maintain the lights, and to prepare ointment, and also to produce incense with a most sweet odor29All the men and women offered donations with a devout mind, so that the works might be done which the Lord had ordered by the hand of Moses. All the sons of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord30And Moses said to the sons of Israel: "Behold, the Lord has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, and all teaching32to design and to fashion, with gold and silver and brass33and with engraving stones, and with the skill of a carpenter. Whatever can be skillfully invented34he has given to his heart. It is likewise with Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan35He has taught both of them wisdom, in order to do the work of carpentry, tapestry, and embroidery, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, and every textile, and to discover whatever may be new.