1 Or, for

2 Or, upon

a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout
your generations. Ye shall offer no strange 9
incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal
offering; and ye shall pour no drink offering
thereon. And Aaron shall make atonement 10
'upon the horns of it once in the year: with the
blood of the sin offering of atonement once in
the
year shall he make atonement 'for it through-
out your generations: it is most holy unto the
LORD.

II

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 When thou takest the sum of the children of 12 Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, 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. This they shall 13 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 the LORD. Every one that passeth over unto them that are 14 numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD. The rich 15 shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement money 16 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 the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the 18 base thereof of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands 19

20 and their feet thereat: when 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 21 by fire unto the LORD: 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, say23 ing, Take 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 24 and fifty, and of 'cassia five hundred, after the Or, costus shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil an hin : 25 and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a

perfume compounded after the art of the per26 fumer it shall be an holy anointing oil. And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, 27 and the ark of the testimony, and the table and

all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and 28 the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be

most holy: 'whatsoever toucheth them shall be 2 Or, who30 holy. And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his soever sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister 31 unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt

speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me through32 out your generations. Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: 33 it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

1 Or, opobalsamum

together

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto 34 thee sweet spices, 'stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight; and thou 35 shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art 2 Or, tempered of the perfumer, 'seasoned with salt, pure and holy: and thou shalt beat some of it very small, 36 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. And the incense 37 which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. Whosoever shall make like unto that, 38 to smell thereto, he shall be cut off from his people.

I

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1 31 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of 2 Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and 3 I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to 4 devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones for 5 setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I 6 have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: the tent of meeting, and the 7 ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent; and the table and its vessels, and the pure 8 candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of Some ancient incense; and the altar of burnt offering with all 9 its vessels, and the laver and its base; and the 10 'finely wrought garments, and the holy garments

versions render, garments of service.

for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his II sons, to minister in the priest's office; and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

12

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak 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 14 the LORD which sanctify you. Ye 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 15 people. Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to 16 death. 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 he rested, and was refreshed.

18

32 I

And he gave unto Moses, 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.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us 'gods, which shall 1 Or, a god go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we 2 know not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which

1 Or, This is thy god

are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and
of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
And all the people brake off the golden rings 3
which were in their ears, and brought them
unto Aaron. And he received it at their hand, 4
and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made
it a molten calf: and they said, 'These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw this, 5
he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a
feast to the LORD. And they rose up early on 6
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.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go, get 7
thee down; for thy people, which thou brought-
est up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves: they have turned aside quickly out 8
of the way which I commanded them: they
have made them a molten calf, and have wor-
shipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the 9
LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people,
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: now 10
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.
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and 11
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? Wherefore should the 12
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