Daily
Feast
(29th
Day)
Exodus 30:26 - 33:20
This
section is designed to read the entire Bible in a year, i.e., in 365 days. The
total verses of the entire Bible are equally divided into 365 parts.
Exodus
30
1
“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
2 Its length shall be a cubit,† and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and
its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 You
shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns;
and you shall make a gold molding around it. 4 You shall make two golden rings
for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make
them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it. 5 You shall
make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 You shall put it
before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that
is over the covenant, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn incense of
sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it. 8
When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense
before Yahweh throughout your generations. 9 You shall offer no strange incense
on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink
offering on it. 10 Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year;
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make
atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”
11
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take a census of the children of
Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give
a ransom for his soul to Yahweh when you count them, that there be no plague
among them when you count them. 13 They shall give this, everyone who passes
over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel‡ of the
sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs§); half a shekel for an offering to
Yahweh. 14 Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years
old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh. 15 The rich shall not give
more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,† when they give
the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls. 16 You shall take the
atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the
service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of
Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”
17
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and
its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of
Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons
shall wash their hands and their feet in it. 20 When they go into the Tent of
Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near
to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 21 So
they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a
statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their
generations.”
22
Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Also take fine spices: of liquid
myrrh, five hundred shekels;‡ and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two
hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; 24 and of
cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin§ of
olive oil. 25 You shall make it into a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded
after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 You shall
use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, 27 the table and
all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 28
the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
29 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them
shall be holy. 30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that
they may minister to me in the priest’s office. 31 You shall speak to the
children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to me
throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, and do
not make any like it, according to its composition. It is holy. It shall be
holy to you. 33 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a
stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
34
Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, onycha, and
galbanum: sweet spices with pure frankincense. There shall be an equal weight
of each. 35 You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the
perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very
small, and put some of it before the covenant in the Tent of Meeting, where I
will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy. 37 You shall not make this
incense, according to its composition, for yourselves: it shall be to you holy
for Yahweh. 38 Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be
cut off from his people.”
†30:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s
arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
‡30:13
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
§30:13
a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
†30:15
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
‡30:23
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5
kilograms or about 11 pounds.
§30:24
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
31
1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son
of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3 I have filled him with the
Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all
kinds of workmanship, 4 to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in
silver, and in bronze, 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving
of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship. 6 Behold, I myself have appointed
with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart
of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I
have commanded you: 7 the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, the mercy
seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent, 8 the table and its vessels,
the pure lamp stand with all its vessels, the altar of incense, 9 the altar of
burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and its base, 10 the finely
worked garments—the holy garments for Aaron the priest, the garments of his
sons to minister in the priest’s office— 11 the anointing oil, and the incense
of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you
they shall do.”
12
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 13 “Speak also to the children of Israel,
saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths; for it is a sign between me
and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh who
sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you.
Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days
shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to
Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between
me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’ ”
18
When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two
tablets of the covenant, stone tablets, written with God’s finger
32
1
When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the
people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us
gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”
2
Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your
wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”
3
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought
them to Aaron. 4 He received what they handed him, fashioned it with an
engraving tool, and made it a molded calf. Then they said, “These are your
gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
5
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a
proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.”
6
They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play.
7
Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out
of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves! 8 They have turned away
quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a
molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These
are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
9
Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a
stiff-necked people. 10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn
hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great
nation.”
11
Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot
against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great
power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He
brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from
this evil against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your
servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will
multiply your offspring† as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have
spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
14
So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
15
Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the
covenant in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides. They were
written on one side and on the other. 16 The tablets were the work of God, and
the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses,
“There is the noise of war in the camp.”
18
He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the
voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that
I hear.” 19 As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the
dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands,
and broke them beneath the mountain. 20 He took the calf which they had made,
and burned it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water,
and made the children of Israel drink it.
21
Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a
great sin on them?”
22
Aaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that
they are set on evil. 23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, which shall go
before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we don’t know what has become of him.’ 24 I said to them, ‘Whoever has any
gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the
fire, and out came this calf.”
25
When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them
lose control, causing derision among their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the
gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!”
All
the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. 27 He said to them,
“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go
back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his
brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” 28 The
sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell
of the people that day. 29 Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh,
for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you
a blessing today.”
30
On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I
will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
31
Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin,
and have made themselves gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if you will, forgive their
sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
33
Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my
book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you.
Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I
will punish them for their sin.” 35 Yahweh struck the people, because of what
they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
33
1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you
have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ 2
I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 3 Go
to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you
are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”
4
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his
jewelry.
5
Yahweh had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked
people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you.
Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to
you.’ ”
6
The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb
onward.
7
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from
the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought Yahweh
went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp. 8 When Moses went
out to the Tent, all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent
door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent. 9 When Moses entered
into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent,
and Yahweh spoke with Moses. 10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at
the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at
their tent door. 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his
friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun,
a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.
12
Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you
haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you
by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I
have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know
you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is
your people.”
14
He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15
Moses said to him, “If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from
here. 16 For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and
your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your
people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”
17
Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you
have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
18
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
19
He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim
Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and
will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.” 20 He said, “You cannot see my
face, for man may not see me and live.”
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