Ki Tisa

30:11 Then the LORD said to Moses, 30:12 “ When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. 30:13 Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. 30:14 Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. 30:15 In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less. 30:16 Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.” The Bronze Basin (Exodus 38:8) 30:17 And the LORD said to Moses, 30:18 “ You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, 30:19 with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. 30:20 Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die. 30:21 Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.” The Anointing Oil 30:22 Then the LORD said to Moses, 30:23 “ Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane, 30:24 500 shekels of cassia —all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil. 30:25 Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil. 30:26 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, 30:27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, 30:28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. 30:29 You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. 30:30 Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests. 30:31 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘ This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. 30:32 It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you. 30:33 Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’” The Incense 30:34 The LORD also said to Moses, “ Take fragrant spices — gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense — in equal measures, 30:35 and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 30:36 Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. 30:37 You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD. 30:38 Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.” 31:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 31:2 “ See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31:3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, 31:4 to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, 31:5 to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft. 31:6 Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you: 31:7 the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— 31:8 the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, 31:9 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand — 31:10 as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests, 31:11 in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.” The Sign of the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32–36) 31:12 And the LORD said to Moses, 31:13 “ Tell the Israelites, ‘ Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 31:14 Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. 31:15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. 31:16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’” Moses Receives the Tablets

31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “ Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” 32:2 So Aaron told them, “ Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” 32:3 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. 32:4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “ These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “ Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” 32:6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry. 32:7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “ Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 32:8 How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘ These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’” 32:9 The LORD also said to Moses, “ I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. 32:10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “ O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 32:12 Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘ He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. 32:13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘ I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” 32:14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people. 32:15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 32:16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. 32:17 When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “ The sound of war is in the camp.” 32:18 But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!” 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. 32:20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it. 32:21 “ What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “ that you have led them into so great a sin?” 32:22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “ You yourself know that the people are intent on evil. 32:23 They told me, ‘ Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’ 32:24 So I said to them, ‘ Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!” 32:25 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies. 32:26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “ Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him. 32:27 He told them, “ This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘ Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” 32:28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead. 32:29 Afterward, Moses said, “ Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.” 32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, “ You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” 32:31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. 32:32 Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” 32:33 The LORD replied to Moses, “ Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book. 32:34 Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.” 32:35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made. 33:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “ Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘ I will give it to your descendants.’ 33:2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 33:3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.” 33:4 When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry. 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “ Tell the Israelites, ‘ You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’” 33:6 So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward. The Tent of Meeting 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. 33:8 Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent. 33:9 As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses. 33:10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent. 33:11 Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent. The Promise of God’s Presence

33:12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “ Look, You have been telling me, ‘ Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘ I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’ 33:13 Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.” 33:14 And the LORD answered, “ My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 33:15 “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “ do not lead us up from here. 33:16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

33:17 So the LORD said to Moses, “ I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.” 33:18 Then Moses said, “ Please show me Your glory.” 33:19 “ I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “ and I will proclaim My name — the LORD — in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 33:20 But He added, “ You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.” 33:21 The LORD continued, “ There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock, 33:22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 33:23 Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

34:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 34:2 Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop. 34:3 No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain — not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.” 34:4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him. 34:5 And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD. 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “ The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” 34:8 Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped. 34:9 “ O Lord,” he said, “ if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.” The LORD Renews the Covenant (2 Corinthians 3:7–18)

34:10 And the LORD said, “ Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD ’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you. 34:11 Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 34:12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. 34:13 Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. 34:14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 34:15 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. 34:16 And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. 34:17 You shall make no molten gods for yourselves. 34:18 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. 34:19 The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep. 34:20 You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed. 34:21 Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. 34:22 And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 34:23 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 34:24 For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God. 34:25 Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning. 34:26 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

34:27 The LORD also said to Moses, “ Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 34:28 So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant — the Ten Commandments. 34:29 And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD. 34:30 Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him. 34:31 But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. 34:32 And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai. 34:33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. 34:34 But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded, 34:35 and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.