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from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy 'people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and 'saidst unto them, "I will multiply your seed as the stars ' of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I 'give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever."' And the LORD repented of the evil which He thought to do unto his people.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the work of GOD, and the writing was the writing of GOD, graven upon the tables. And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, 'There is a noise of war in the camp.' And he said, 'It ' is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but 'the noise of them that sing do I hear.' And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

And Moses said unto Aaron, 'What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon 'them?' And Aaron said, 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot thou knowest the people, that they are set on ' mischief. For they said unto me, "Make us gods, 'which shall go before us for as for this Moses, the man

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'that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not 'what is become of him.' And I said unto them, "Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off." So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came 'out this calf.'

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, 'Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me.' And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, 'Thus saith the LORD GOD "of Israel, "Put every man his sword by his side, and go ' in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his com'panion, and every man his neighbour."" And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand

men.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, 'Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I • will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.' And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, 'Oh! this people have sinned a great

sin, and have made them gods of gold.

'wilt forgive their sin; and if not,

Yet now, if thou

blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.' And the LORD said unto Moses

'Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of 'my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the 'place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when 'I visit I will visit their sin upon them.'

And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

And the LORD said unto Moses

Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou ' hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land 'which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it and I will send an angel 'before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, ' and the Jebusite: unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou 'art a stiff-necked people; lest I consume thee in the way.'

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned and no man did put on him his ornaments. the LORD had said unto Moses

:

For

'Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, ' and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments 'from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.'

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent-door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle

door and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

And Moses said unto the LORD, 'See, thou sayest unto 'me, "Bring up this people :" and thou hast not let me 'know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast 'said, "I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight." Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have 'found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I

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may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and 'consider that this nation is thy people.' said

My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.' And he said unto him, 'If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known

‹ here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that THOU goest with us? so shall we be 'separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are ' upon the face of the earth.'

And the LORD said unto Moses

'I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.' And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.' And HE said

'I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will ' proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be ' gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.'

And HE said

'Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, ' and live.'

And the LORD said—

'Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth 'by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take

away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.'

And the LORD said unto Moses

'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I 'will write upon these tables the words that were in the 'first tables, which thou brakest. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, ' and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 'And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man 'be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks ' nor herds feed before that mount.'

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed

The LORD, the LORD GOD, merciful and gracious, long'suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping 'mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression ⚫ and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visit

ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and

I upon the children's children, unto the third and to the 'fourth generation.'