Sinai & The Law

and I fill him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,

to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

and in graving of stone for settings, and in graving of wood to work in all work.

`And I, lo, I have given with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom, and they have made all that which I have commanded thee.

`The tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy-seat which is on it, and all the vessels of the tent,

and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick and all its vessels, and the altar of the perfume,

and the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base,

and the coloured garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for acting as priests in;

and the anointing oil, and the perfume of the spices for the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee--they do.'

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

`And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it is a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

and ye have kept the sabbath, for it is holy to you, he who is polluting it is certainly put to death--for any who doeth work in it--that person hath even been cut off from the midst of his people.

`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day is a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations is a covenant age-during,

between Me and the sons of Israel it is a sign--to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.

And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses--the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt--we have not known what hath happened to him.'

And Aaron saith unto them, `Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;'

and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which are in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron,

and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

And Aaron seeth, and buildeth an altar before it, and Aaron calleth, and saith, `A festival to Jehovah--to-morrow;'

and they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,

they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it is a stiff-necked people;