were in revolt, and had involved Aaron in their insurrection. T here· fore Moses stood up at the gate ofthe Who is for my when all the sons of Levi joined him. Thus says
the °Evm<¢1.1v1No, the Gon of Israel; ‘ Let every man bind his sword upon his thigh! Go through and return from gate to gate of the camp and kill every man his brother, and every men his neighbour, and every msn his 28 So the sons of Levi did it, as Moses commanded, and there fell of the people in that day three-thousand men.
Your hands to—day have worked for the EVER-1.1v1NG; thus each man has gained for himself a blessing through his son, and through hisibrother.’ 33 34 Some days afterwards, however,
Moses said to the people themselves; *You_ have sinned a great sin; so now I will offer to the EVER-LLVING a ram as sn expiation on account of your sm. ’ Therefore Moses turned to the
Certainly this People have sinned a great sin, hen themade a od of old f wy ggor themselves; but yet removet eir sin; and if not, strike me out of Your Book which You have written) Then the EvER—1,1v1No answered
What is their sin to ME? I will strike them from My Book. But now go, lead the People to where -1 command you, and My Messenger shall go before your face, and in the day of visitation I will visit upon them 35 ‘ Thus the ·EvER·Liv:NG punished the People for what they had done, re·· garding the calf that Aaron had made.
83 Then the Evan-Livmo said to ‘Go_ from here; you and the people whom you brought up from the land of the Mitzeraim to the land which I promised to Abraham, and to 1*o your descendants I will give it} And I will send My Messenger before your face, and drive out the Cananites,. the Amorites, the Hitites, the Perizites, the Hivites, and the jebusites, from
the land flowing with milk and honey.-Yet I shall not bring you straight to it, for you are a stiff-necked people, therefore I shall march you by a journey. When the people heard this hard
command they grieved; and many men would not put on their armour. Therefore the EvER·L1viNG spoke
Say to the children of Israel, ' You are a stiff—necked people ; a rebellious one. If I came a single
moment into your midst I could destroy you. However, strip off your arms, and ‘I will make known what I will do to you} So the children of Israel quickly stripped off their armour. News mrrirs of tbz Enlrcrnnclz nf witurssrs emit the Warn Qppcars. Then Mosesaseized the tabernacle, 7 and pitched it for himself outside the camp, at a distance from the camp, and named it his Hall of Meeting, so that all who wished to inquire of the EVER-L1v1NG were obliged to come to him to his Hall of Assembly that was outside the camp. But when Moses had gone away with the tabernacle, all the people rose in insurrection, and every man stood at the door of his tent and looked after Moses as he went off with the tabernacle. And when Moses went with the tabernacle, the cloud tremblingly descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the WORD waswith Moses. When all the people saw the trembling cloud standings at the door of his tabernacle, then all the people arose and everyone bowed down towards that tent. There the Even-Lrvmo spoke with
Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend; ··-— Then he turned towards the camp, and watched it; but joshua the son of Nun, his atten~ dant, did not depart from the inside of the tabernacle. And Moses said to the EvEn—L1v1NG;
‘See, You spoke to me to bring up this people, but yet You have not in- structed me as to whom You will send with me. You have, however, said, Iiknow you by name, and you have
found favour in My eyes! So now, if I have found favour in Your eyes, teach me Your path, that I may know You, since I have found favour in E IO I1 12