Israel

And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it for ever:

And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strewed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink.

And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee up from this place, thou and thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, into the land concerning which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: To thy seed I will give it:

And the Lord said to Moses: Say to the children of Israel: Thou art a stiffnecked people, once I shall come up in the midst of thee, and shall destroy thee. Now presently lay aside thy ornaments, that I may know what to do to thee.

So the children of Israel laid aside their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel.

And the Lord said to Moses: Write thee these words, by which I have made a covenant both with thee and with Israel.

And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.

And all the children of Israel came to him: and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord on Mount Sinai.

But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.

And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them.

And all the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together, he said to them: These are the things which the Lord hath commanded to be done:

And Moses said to all the assembly of the children of Israel: This is the word the Lord hath commanded, saying:

And all the multitude of the children of Israel going out from the presence of Moses,

All, both men and women, with devout mind offered gifts, that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.

And Moses said to the children of Israel: Behold, the Lord hath called by name Beseleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Juda,

He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows.

He prepared also two onyx stones, fast set and closed in gold, and graven, by the art of a lapidary, with the names of the children of Israel:

And he set them in the sides of the ephod, for a memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And the twelve stones, were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with its several name.

And they offered the tabernacle, and the roof, and the whole furniture, the rings, the boards, the bars, the pillars and their sockets,

The children of Israel offered, as the Lord had commanded.