Exodus 33

1 The Lord said to Moses, “Go upt from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oatht to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’t2 I will send an angels before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.s

3 Go upt to a land flowing with milk and honey. Butt I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy yout on the way.”
4 When the people heard this troubling wordt they mourned;s no one put on his ornaments.5 Fort the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment,t I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments,t that I may knowt what I should do to you.’”t

6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

The Presence of the Lord

7 s Moses tookt the tents and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distancet from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyonet seekingt the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.
8 And when Moses went outt to the tent, all the people would get upt and stand at the entrance to their tentst and watcht Moses until he entered the tent.t9 Andt whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lordt would speak with Moses.t10 When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship.t

11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face,t the way a person speakst to a friend. Then Mosest would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.s
12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have been saying to me, ‘Bring this people up,’t but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said, ‘I know you by name,t and also you have found favor in my sight.’

13 Now if I have found favor in your sight, show met your way, that I may know you,t that I may continue to findt favor in your sight. And seet that this nation is your people.”

14 And the Lordt said, “My presences will go with you,t and I will give you rest.”s
15 And Mosest said to him, “If your presence does not got with us,t do not take us up from here.t

16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”s

17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I knowt you by name.”

18 And Mosest said, “Show me your glory.”s
19 And the Lordt said, “I will make all my goodnesss pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by namet before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”s20 But he added, “You cannot see my face, for no one cant see me and live.”t21 The Lord said, “Heret is a place by me; you will station yourselft on a rock.22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will covers you with my handt while I pass by.t

23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back,t but my face must not be seen.”t

Exodus 34

The New Tablets of the Covenant

1 s The Lord said to Moses, “Cut outt two tablets of stone like the first, and I will writets on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.2 Be preparedt in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourselfs for me there on the top of the mountain.3 No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

4 So Mosest cut out two tablets of stone like the first;s early in the morning he went upt to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.t6 The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed:t “The Lord, the Lord,s the compassionate and gracioust God, slow to anger,s and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,s

7 keeping loyal love for thousands,t forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgressions of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
8 Moses quickly bowedt to the ground and worshiped

9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lordt go among us, for wet are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

10 He said, “See, I am going to maket a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been donet in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.s
11 “Obeyt what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive outt before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.12 Be careful not to maket a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snares among you.13 Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.ts14 For you must not worshipt any other god,s for the Lord, whose names is Jealous, is a jealous God.15 Be carefult not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for whent they prostitute themselvest to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you,t you will eat from his sacrifice;16 and you then taket his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.

18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven dayst you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do thist at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
19 “Every firstborn of the wombt belongs to me, even every firstbornt of your cattle that is a male,t whether ox or sheep.

20 Now the firstlingt of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck.s You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
“No one will appear before me empty-handed.t

21 “On six dayst you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest;t even at the time of plowing and of harvests you are to rest.t
22 “You must observet the Feast of Weeks – the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat – and the Feast of Ingathering at the endt of the year.23 At three timest in the year all your ment must appear before the Lord God,ts the God of Israel.

24 For I will drive outt the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covets your land when you go upt to appear before the Lord your God three timest in the year.

25 “You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning.s

26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.
You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”s
27 The Lord said to Moses, “Write downt these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;t he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.t

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 s Now when Moses came downt from Mount Sinai witht the two tablets of the testimony in his handt – when he came downt from the mountain, Mosest did not know that the skin of his face shonet while he talked with him.30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone;t and they were afraid to approach him.31 But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.32 After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.33 When Moses finishedt speakingt with them, he wouldt put a veil on his face.34 But when Moses went int before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out.t Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.t

35 When the Israelites would seet the face of Moses, thatt the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord.t

Exodus 35

Sabbath Regulations

1 Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.t2 In six dayst work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy dayt for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord.s Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

3 You must not kindle a fires in any of your homest on the Sabbath day.”s

Willing Workers

4 s Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, “This is the word that the Lord has commanded:5 ‘Taket an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who has a willing heartt bringt an offering to the Lord:t gold, silver, bronze,6 blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat’s hair,7 ram skins dyed red, fine leather,t acacia wood,8 olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,9 onyx stones, and other gemst for mountingt on the ephod and the breastpiece.10 Every skilled persont among you is to come and make all that the Lord has commanded:11 the tabernacle witht its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;12 the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it;13 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;14 the lampstand fort the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;16 the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;17 the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard;18 tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes;

19 the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.”
20 So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses.21 Everyonet whose heart stirred him to actiont and everyone whose spirit was willingt came and brought the offering for the Lord for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.t

22 They came, men and women alike,t all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry,t and everyone came who wavedt a wave offering of gold to the Lord.
23 Everyone who hadt blue, purple, ort scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leathert brought them.t24 Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it ast an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia woods for any work of the service brought it.t25 Every woman who was skilledt spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,

26 and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilledt spun goats’ hair.
27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mountedt for the ephod and the breastpiece,

28 and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord throught Moses had commanded themt to do.
30 Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosent Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God – with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,32 to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,33 and in cutting stones for their setting,t and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.t34 And he has put it in his hearts to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.35 He has filled them with skillt to do all kinds of workt as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They aret craftsmen in all the workt and artistic designers.t