The continual burnt-offering. CHAP. XXX.

The ransom of souls. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bul- that is by the ark of the testimony, before lock for a sin-offering for atonement; and the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou where I will meet with thee.

hast made an atonement for it, and thou 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. incense every morning: when he dresseth

37 Seven days thou shalt make an the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps and it shall be an altar most holy what-at even, he shall burn incense upon it; soever toucheth the altar shall be holy. a perpetual incense before the LORD, 38 Now this is that which thou shalt throughout your generations. offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year, with 40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal the blood of the sin-offering of atonements: of flour mingled with the fourth part of a once in the year shall be make atonement hin of beaten oil: and the fourth part of upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,t

a hin of wine for a drink-offering 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and ac 12 When thou takest the sum of the cording to the drink-offering thereof, for a children of Israel after their number, then sweet savour, an offering made by fire un-shall they give every man a ransom for his to the LORD. soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest 42 This shall be a continual burnt-offer them: that there be no plague among ing throughout your generations at the them when thou numberest them. door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

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.

14 Every one that passeth among them 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle that are numbered, from twenty years old of the congregation, and the altar: I will and above, shall give an offering unto the sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to LORD. minister to me in the priest's office.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the

45 ¶ And I will dwell among the chil-poor shall not give less than half a shekel, dren of Israel, and will be their God., when they give an offering unto the LORD to make an atonement for your souls.

46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. CHAP. XXX.

ND thou shalt make an altar to burn

thou make it.

wood shalt

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four-square shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

16 And thou shalt take the atonementmoney 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

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:

20 When they go into the tabernacle of 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make the congregation, they shall wash with to it under the crown of it, by the two cor-water, that they die not: or when they ners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt come near to the altar to minister, to burn thou make it; and they shall be for places offering made by fire unto the LORD: for the staves to bear it withal.

21 So they shall wash their hands and

5 And thou shalt make the staves of their feet, that they die not: and it shall be shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. a statute for ever to them, even to him and 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail to his seed throughout their generations.

The holy anointing oil.

EXODUS.

Moses receives the two tables. Moreover, the LORD spake unto 3 And I have filled him with the spirit Moses, saying, of God, in wisdom, and in understanding,

22

23 Take thou also unto thee principal and in knowledge, and in all manner of spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, workmanship,

and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even 4 To devise cunning works, to work in two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet gold, and in silver, and in brass, calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 5 And in cutting of stones to set them, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, and in carving of timber, to work in all after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of manner of workmanship.

oil-olive a hin:

6 And I, behold, I have given with 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of ho-him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the ly ointment, an ointment compound after tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that the art of the apothecary: it shall be a are wise-hearted I have put wisdom; that holy anointing oil. they may make all that I have commanded thee:

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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 furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of 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

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

31 And thou shalt speak unto the chil- 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet dren of Israel, saying, This shall be a incense for the holy place: according to all holy anointing oil unto me throughout that I have commanded thee shall they do. your generations. 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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.

know

13 Speak thou also unto the children of Is rael, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you through33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, out your generations; that ye may or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stran- that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. ger, shall even be cut off from his people. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore: 34 T And the LORD said unto Moses, for it is holy unto you. Every one that Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and defileth it shall surely be put to death: for onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices whosoever doeth any work therein, that with pure frankincense: of each shall soul shall be cut off from among his people. there be a like weight: 15 Six days may work be done, but in

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to a confection after the art of the apothe- the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in cary, tempered together, pure and holy: the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very death.

small, and put of it before the testimony 16 Wherefore the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall keep the sabbath, to observe the where I will meet with thee: it shall be sabbath throughout their generations, for unto you most holy. a perpetual covenant.

37 And as for the perfume which thou 17 It is a sign between me and the shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves children of Israel for ever: for in six days according to the composition thereof: it the LORD made heaven and earth, and on shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. the seventh day he rested and was re38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, freshed. to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

CHAP. XXXI.

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

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say-tables of stone, written with the finger of

CHAP. XXXII.

2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the AND when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the

tribe of Judah:

Aaron makes a golden calf.

CHAP. XXXII The idolaters slain. mount, the people gathered themselves 15 ¶ And Moses turned, and went down together unto Aaron, and said unto him, from the mount, and the two tables of the Up, make us gods which shall go before testimony were in his hand: the tables us: for as for this Moses, the man that were written on both their sides; on the brought us up out of the land of Egypt, one side and on the other were they written. we wot not what is become of him. 16 And the tables were the work of God,

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off and the writing was the writing of God, the golden ear-rings which are in the ears graven upon the tables. of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

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

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 4 And he received them at their hand, the voice of them that cry for being overand fashioned it with a graving tool, after come: but the noise of them that sing do he had made it a molten calf: and they I hear.

said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which 19 And it came to pass as soon as he brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger altar before it; and Aaron made procla- waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of mation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to his hands, and brake them beneath the the LORD.

mount.

6 And they rose up early on the mor- 20 T And he took the calf which they row, and offered burnt-offerings, and had made, and burnt it in the fire, and brought peace-offerings: and the people ground it to powder, and strewed it upon sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up the water, and made the children of Israel to play. drink of it.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down: for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

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

22 T And Aaron said, Let not the anger 8 They have turned aside quickly out of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the of the way which I commanded them: people, that they are set on mischief. they have made them a molten calf, and 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods have worshipped it, and have sacrificed which shall go before us: for as for this thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, Moses, the man that brought us up out of O Israel, which have brought thee up out the land of Egypt, we wot not what is beof the land of Egypt. come of him.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff- hath any gold, let them break it off. So necked people: they gave it me: then I cast it into the 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my fire, and there came out this calf. wrath may wax hot against them, and that 25 And when Moses saw that the peomay consume them: and I will make of ple were naked,(for Aaron had made them thee a great nation. naked unto their shame among their ene

11 And Moses besought the LORD his mies,) God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the wax hot against thy people, which thou camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, let him come unto me. And all the sons of with great power, and with a mighty hand? Levi gathered themselves together unto 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians him.

speak and say, For mischief did he bring 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith them out, to slay them in the mountains, the LORD God of Israel, Put every man and to consume them from the face of the his sword by his side, and go in and out earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and from gate to gate throughout the camp, repent of this evil against thy people. and slay every man his brother, and every 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Is- man his companion, and every man his rael, thy servants, to whom thou swarest neighbour.

by thine own self, and saidst unto them, 28 And the children of Levi did acI will multiply your seed as the stars of cording to the word of Moses and there heaven, and all this land that I have spo- fell of the people that day about three ken of will I give unto your seed, and they thousand men. shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people..

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother;