work,
as
well as the sacred garments for Aharon, the kohein,
and the garments for his sons to serve [as kohanim,]
Verse 11: [Also] the anointing oil,
and the incense of spices for the Holy [Sanctuary,]
according to all that I have commanded you,"
they shall make.
Verse 12: Ad-noy said to Moshe, saying,
Verse 13: And
you speak to the B'nei Yisrael, saying,
You must still preserve My Shabbos,
for it is a sign between Me and yourselves
for your generations
to know that I Ad-noy am making you holy.
Verse 14: You shall [therefore] preserve the Shabbos
for it is sacred to you.
Anyone
who profanes it shall be put to death,
for whoever does work on it [Shabbos]
shall be cut off [spiritually] from the midst of his people.
Verse 15: You may do work on [the] six days [of the week]
but the seventh day is a Shabbos of complete rest,
it is
sacred to Ad-noy.
Whoever does work on the day of Shabbos
shall be put to death.
Verse 16: The B'nei Yisrael shall preserve the Shabbos,
to maintain the Shabbos for their generations,
as an everlasting covenant.
Verse 17: Between Me and between the B'nei Yisrael
it is an everlasting sign;
for in six days Ad-noy made
the heavens and the earth,
and on the seventh day, He abstained from work
and He rested."
Sheini (Second Aliyah)
Verse 18: And He [Ad-noy] gave to Moshe---
when He finished
speaking to him on Mount Sinai---
two Tablets of the Testimony.
They
were stone tablets, written with G-d's finger.
Chapter 32
Verse 1: [When] the people saw
that Moshe was late
in coming
down from the mountain,
they gathered against Aharon, and said to him,
"Arise, make us gods
that will lead us,
for this Moshe, the man
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
we do not know what happened to him."
Verse 2: Aharon said to them,
"Remove the golden rings which are on the ears
of your wives, your sons, and your daughters
and bring
them to me."
Verse 3: All the people removed the golden rings
which were on their ears, and brought them to Aharon.
Verse 4: He took them from their hands,
and formed it with [a goldsmith's] engraving tool,
and made it into a
molten calf.
They [then] said, "These, Yisrael, are your gods
who brought
you up from the land of Egypt.
Verse 5: [When] Aharon saw [this], he built an altar before it.
Aharon then called out and said:
"Tomorrow will be a festival to Ad-noy."
Verse 6: They arose early
the next morning,
and offered burnt-offerings
and brought peace-offerings.
The people then sat down to eat and drink,
and got up to amuse themselves.
Verse 7: Ad-noy
spoke to Moshe, "Go down,
for your people have become corrupt---
those whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt.
Verse 8: They have departed quickly from the way
that I commanded them,
they have made for themselves a molten calf.
They have prostrated themselves to it
and offered sacrifices to it,
and have said, 'These, Yisrael, are your gods
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.' "
Verse 9: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"I have
seen [observed] this people,
and behold they are a stiff-necked people.
Verse 10: Now leave Me alone
and My wrath will blaze against them
and destroy them.
I will then make you into a great nation."
Verse 11: Moshe implored
before the Presence of Ad-noy, his G-d,
and he said, "Ad-noy! Why should Your wrath blaze
against Your people whom You brought out
from the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand?
Verse 12: Why should Egypt be able to say,
'He brought them out with evil intent,
to kill them in the mountains,
and to annihilate them from the face of the earth?'
Turn
from [withdraw] Your blazing wrath,
and reconsider the [intent of doing] evil to Your people.
Verse 13: Remember Avraham,
Yitzchok and Yisrael, Your servants,
to whom
You swore by Your Self, and said to them,
'I will make your descendants as numerous
as the stars of the heaven;
and all this land of which I have spoken,
I will give to your descendants,
and they will inherit it forever.' "
Verse 14: Ad-noy reconsidered the [intent of doing] evil
that He had said He would do to His people.
Verse 15: Moshe turned and went down from the mountain
with the two Tablets of the Testimony in his hand.
They were tablets written on both sides,
the writing was [visible] from either side.
Verse 16: The Tablets were the work of G-d,
and the writing was the writing of G-d,
engraved upon the Tablets.
Verse 17: Yehoshua heard the voice of the people rejoicing,
and he said to Moshe,
"There is a sound of battle in the camp."
Verse 18: But he [Moshe] said,
"It is not the sound of strength [song of victory],
nor is it the sound of weakness [song of defeat].
It is a sound of song that I hear."
Verse 19: As
he [Moshe] approached the camp,
he saw the calf and the dancing.
Moshe's anger blazed,
and he threw down the Tablets that were in his hands
and smashed them beneath the mountain.
Verse 20: He took the calf that they had made,
and burned it in fire,
and ground it into fine powder.
He then scattered it on the water,
and made the B'nei Yisrael drink it.
Verse 21:
Moshe then said to Aharon,
"What did this people do to you
that you brought upon them such a great sin?"
Verse 22: Aharon said, "Let not the wrath of my master blaze.
You know that the people are set on evil.
Verse 23: They said to me, 'Make gods for us
that will lead us
for this Moshe, the man
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
we do not know what happened to him.'
Verse 24: I
said to them, 'Who has gold?'
They removed [their gold] and gave it to me.
I threw it into the fire, and this calf emerged."
Verse 25: Moshe saw [the bad traits of] the people
for they were [now] exposed;
for Aharon had allowed them to be exposed,
and now they would be disgraced
among their adversaries.
Verse 26: Moshe stood at the entrance of the camp
and said, "Whoever is for Ad-noy, [come] to me."
All the sons of Leivi gathered around him.
Verse 27: He said to them,
"This
is what Ad-noy, G-d of Yisrael has said,
'Let each man put his sword on his hip
and pass through from gate to gate in the camp.
Let each man kill [even] his brother,
each man his friend, each man his relative.
Verse 28: The sons of Leivi did as Moshe said.
On that day those that fell from among the people,
numbered approximately three thousand men.
Verse 29: Moshe said,
"Consecrate yourselves today to Ad-noy---
for each man killed [even] his son and brothers---
that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
Verse 30: The next day Moshe said to the people,
"You have committed a great sin.
Now I will go up to Ad-noy,
perhaps
I will gain atonement for your sin."
Verse 31: Moshe returned to Ad-noy and said,
"I beseech You!
This people have committed a great sin
and have made a god of gold.
Verse 32: Now if You would bear [forgive] their sin,
and if not, blot me out from your book
that
You have written."
Verse 33: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"Those who have sinned against Me,
I will blot out from My book.
Verse 34: And now, go,
lead the people to [the place]
of which I have spoken to you.
Behold, My angel will go before you.
However on the day when I take account of them,
I
will take their sin into account.
Verse 35: Ad-noy then struck the people with a plague
because they had made [worshiped] the calf
that Aharon made.
Chapter 33
Verse 1: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe,
"Leave, go up from this [place]---
you and the people you brought up
from the land of Egypt---
to the land of which I swore
to Avraham, to Yitzchok and to Yaakov, saying,
'To your descendants I will give it.'
Verse 2: I will send an angel before you,
and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Emorites,
the Chitites, the Perizites,
the Chivites, and the Yevusites.
Verse 3: [You
will then] enter a land
flowing with milk and honey.
[I am sending an angel] for I will not go up
among you, for you are a stiff-necked people
and I may destroy you along the way."
Verse 4: When the people heard this bad news
they mourned
and no man wore his ornaments [crowns].
Verse 5: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"Say to the B'nei Yisrael,
'You are a stiff-necked people.
Were I to
go up among you for one moment,
I would destroy you.
And now remove your ornaments
and I know what to do with you.' "
Verse 6: The B'nei Yisrael took off their ornaments
that they had [worn] at Mount Chorev.
Verse 7: Moshe would take the tent
and set it up outside
the camp,
a distance from the camp,
and he called it [the] Tent of Meeting.
Everyone who sought Ad-noy,
would go out to the Tent of Meeting
that was
outside the camp.
Verse 8: Whenever Moshe went out to the tent,
all the people would rise,
and each person would stand
at the entrance of his tent;
and they would gaze after Moshe,
until he had gone into the tent.
Verse 9: When Moshe had gone into the tent,
the Pillar of Cloud would descend
and stand at the entrance of the tent,
and [Ad-noy] would speak to Moshe.
Verse 10: When
all the people saw the Pillar of Cloud,
standing at the entrance of the tent;
all the people rose and prostrated themselves,
each man at the entrance of his tent.
Verse 11: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe face to face,
just as a man speaks to his friend.
and [Moshe then] would return to the camp,
but his
youthful attendant, Yehoshua, son of Nun,
did not leave the tent.
Sh'lishi (Third Aliyah)
Verse 12: Moshe said to Ad-noy,
"Behold, You say to me,
'Lead this people up [to the land of Canaan],'
but You did not let me know
whom You would send with me.
You
[also] said, 'I know you by name
and you have also found favor in My eyes.'
Verse 13: Now, please, if I have found favor in Your eyes,
please let me know Your way,
so that I will know You,
that I may find favor in Your eyes;
and [also] consider
that this nation is [indeed] Your people."
Verse 14: He
[G-d] said, "My Presence will go [with you]
and I will accede to you[r request]."
Verse 15: And he [Moshe] said to Him,
"If Your Presence does not go [with us]
do not make us leave from this [place].
Verse 16: And how will it be known.
that I
have found favor in Your eyes---
I and Your people---only if You go with us,
so that we will be distinguished---I and Your people---
from every [other] people on the face of the earth."
Revi'i (Fourth Aliyah)
Verse 17: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"I will also do this thing that you have spoken,
for you have found favor in My eyes,
and I know you by name."
Verse 18: He [Moshe] then said,
"Please grant me a vision of Your Glory."
19. He [G-d] said,
"I will cause all My goodness to pass
before your presence,
and will proclaim the Name, Ad-noy, in your presence.
I will
be gracious to whom I will be gracious,
and I will be compassionate
to whom I will be compassionate.
Verse 20: And He said, "You cannot see My Presence,
for no man can see My Presence and live."
Verse 21: And Ad-noy said, "Behold there is a place with Me,
and you
shall set yourself on the rock.
Verse 22: When My Glory passes by,
I will put you in a cleft of the rock,
and I will cover you with My Hand
until I pass by.
Verse 23: Then I will remove My Hand,
and
you will see My Back,
but My Face shall not be seen.
Chamishi (Fifth Aliyah)
Chapter 34
Verse 1: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"Carve out two stone tablets for yourself
just like
the first ones.
And I will write upon these tablets the words
which were on the first Tablets
that you broke.
Verse 2: Be ready for the morning,
and in the morning go up to Mount Sinai
and stand there before Me
on the top of the mountain.
Verse 3: No man shall go up with you,
nor shall any man be seen on the entire mountain;
even the sheep and cattle shall not graze
before that mountain."
Verse 4: He [Moshe] carved out two stone tablets
just like the first ones.
Moshe rose
early in the morning,
and went up to Mount Sinai,
as Ad-noy had commanded him;
and he took the two stone tablets in his hand.
Verse 5: Ad-noy descended in a cloud
and it stood with him there;
and he [Moshe] called out [invoked] the Name,
Ad-noy.
Verse 6: Ad-noy passed before him, and proclaimed:
"Ad-noy, Ad-noy, Almighty, merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in kindness and truth.
Verse 7: He preserves
kindness for thousands [of generations],
bearing [forgiving] iniquity, transgression and sin.
He clears [acquits the penitent]
and he does not clear [acquit the impenitent],
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,
and
children's children,
[even] upon the third and fourth [generation]."
Verse 8: Moshe hastened, bowed to the ground,
and prostrated himself,
Verse 9: and said, "If I have found favor in Your eyes
my Master, let my Master go among us;
although it is a stiff-necked people,
pardon our iniquity and our sins,
and take
us as Your own possession."
Shishi (Sixth Aliyah)
Verse 10: And He said, "I hereby make a covenant;
before all your people I will perform wonders
such as have not been created
in all the earth or for any nation;
and all the people in whose midst you are, will see
how awesome is the deed of Ad-noy
which I will perform for you.
Verse 11: Preserve for your own sake
that which I command you today.
I am driving out [from] before you
the Emorites, the Canaanites, the Chitites,
the
Perizites, the Chivities, and the Yevusites.
Verse 12: For your own sake, be careful
not to make a covenant
with the people who live in the land
to which you are coming,
lest it be a trap in your midst.
Verse 13: Rather you must shatter their altars,
break down their monuments,
and cut down their asherah-trees.
Verse 14: For you must not prostrate yourselves
to another god,
because Ad-noy---Jealous is His Name---
He is a Jealous Almighty [G-d].
Verse 15: [Take care] not to make a covenant
with the people who live in the land,
and go astray after their gods [religions],
and sacrifice to their gods,
[for he] will then call you
and you will eat of his sacrifice.
Verse 16: You
will [then] accept his daughters
[as wives] for your sons.
His daughters will stray after their gods,
and they will lead your sons to stray after their gods.
Verse 17: You must not make molten gods for yourselves.
Verse 18: Preserve the Festival of Matzos.
Eat matzos for seven days as I commanded you,
at the appointed time in the month of ripening [grain];
for in the month of ripening [grain]
you went out of Egypt.
Verse 19: All that opens the womb [the first-born] is Mine,
and of all your livestock that is male,
that open [the womb] both cattle and sheep.
Verse 20: The donkey that
opens the womb
shall be redeemed with a sheep,
and if it is not redeemed, you must break its neck.
You must redeem all first-born of your sons,
and you must not appear before Me empty-handed.
Verse 21: Six days you
shall work
but on the Seventh day you must cease;
you must cease plowing and harvesting.
Verse 22: Make the
Festival of Shavuos,
[with bringing] the first crops of the wheat harvest;
[also] the Festival of the Harvest at the turn of the year.
Verse 23:
Three times a year
all your males shall appear
before the Presence of the Master,
Ad-noy, G-d of Yisrael.
Verse 24: For I will drive out the nations before you,
and I
will expand your boundaries;
and no man will covet your land
when you go up to appear before Ad-noy, your G-d,
three times a year.
Verse 25: Do not slaughter [the Pesach-offering to offer]
the blood of My sacrifice while there is chometz;
and do not allow to remain overnight until morning
any of the offering of the Pesach Festival.
Verse 26: The
first fruits of your land,
you shall bring to the House of Ad-noy, your G-d.
You must not cook a kid in its mother's milk.
Shevi'i (Seventh Aliyah)
Verse 27: Ad-noy said to Moshe,
"Write these words down for yourself,
for with
these words
I have made a covenant with you
and with [the B'nei] Yisrael."
Verse 28: He [Moshe] remained there with Ad-noy
for forty days and forty nights.
He did not eat bread nor drink water,
and he wrote on the tablets
the words of the covenant,
the Ten Words [commandments.]
Verse 29: And when Moshe came down from Mount Sinai,
and the two Tablets of the Testimony
were in Moshe's hand
when he came down from the Mountain.
Moshe did not know
that the skin of his face had become radiant
when He [G-d] spoke to him.
Verse 30: When Aharon and all the B'nei Yisrael saw
Moshe, and beheld
that the skin of his face had become radiant,
they
were afraid to come close to him.
Verse 31: Moshe called to them and they returned to him---
Aharon and all the leaders of the congregation---
and Moshe spoke to them.
Verse 32: After that, all the B'nei Yisrael came close [to him]
and he
commanded them [regarding]
all that Ad-noy had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
Maftir
Verse 33: When Moshe finished speaking with them,
he placed a cover over his face.
Verse 34:
[But] when Moshe came before Ad-noy,
to speak to Him;
he removed the cover until he was ready to leave.
and he would then go out
and speak to the B'nei Yisrael,
[telling them] what he had been commanded.
Verse 35: The B'nei Yisrael saw Moshe's face,
that the skin of Moshe's face had become radiant,
and Moshe replaced the cover over his face
until he would come in to speak to Him [Ad-noy].
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