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he goes up to the mountain; and when he delayed there, the people gathered to Aaron saying, "Make us gods; for as for Moses, we do not know what has become of him." But Aaron, being compelled, commanded each to bring the golden earrings and the jewelry which their wives and daughters wore. And they brought them, and from them they made a molten calf and sacrificed to it. But Moses, coming down from the mountain and carrying the two stone tablets of the testimony in his hands, inscribed on both their sides, when he drew near the camp, he sees the calf, 1.50 and becoming angry he broke the tablets, and taking the calf he burned it and ground it to powder and, casting it into water, made the people drink it. And he commanded the sons of Levi, and they went through the camp and killed many, so that those who fell were numbered at three thousand. And Moses returned to the mountain saying, "Lord, your people have sinned, and now if you will forgive their sin, forgive it; but if not, blot me also out of your book." And the Lord said to him, "Go down, lead this people to the place of which I told you." And the Lord showed to Moses, who had asked to see him, his back parts. And he went down again to the people, carrying two tablets having the ten words written on them, and the appearance of his face was glorified, and the people could not gaze at him, and he put a veil over his face, and thus he spoke to them. And he reported to them what God had commanded concerning sacrifices and purifications, and unclean and clean animals, so that they should abstain from the one and be fed by the other, and concerning unlawful unions, and what women the priests might take in marriage, and what kind the high priests, and concerning the sabbath and the seventh year and the fiftieth, which they call jubilee; and that God had ordered a tabernacle to be made, into which he would come, which would be brought along with them as they moved, and he showed him the measurements of the tabernacle and the design according to which it should be constructed. And the people, rejoicing at these things, brought gold and silver and precious stones and bronze and wood and goats' hair and rams' skins and linen and wool. And he appoints as chief craftsmen of the tabernacle both the son of his sister Mariam, 1.51 Bezalel, and Eliphaz. And when the tabernacle was already made, Moses set it up. And the ark was made of incorruptible wood, which gold covered on all sides, in which they placed the two tablets which had the ten words inscribed on them. Of which the first says there is one God and that him alone must one worship, the second, to make no image of any living thing nor to worship it, the third, not to swear by God for any vain purpose, the fourth, to observe the sabbaths, resting from all work, the fifth, to honor parents, the sixth, to abstain from murder, the seventh, not to commit adultery, the eighth, not to steal, the ninth, not to bear false witness, the tenth, not to covet anything belonging to another. This ark, therefore, they bring into the holy of holies. And in the sanctuary they place a table, and upon it twelve unleavened loaves and a golden lampstand and an altar of incense, of wood within but covered with gold on the outside. And before the tabernacle he set up a wooden altar overlaid with bronze plates, opposite which were placed bowls and craters with spoons, and other vessels which were prepared for sacred service, all of gold. And there were also vestments for the priests, and moreover for the high priest. And God chose Aaron as high priest. And Moses, having gathered the multitude, said, "Men, the work is finished, and God deems Aaron worthy of the honor of the priesthood." And Moses commanded each to contribute half a shekel, that it might be an expenditure for the needs of the tabernacle. The shekel is a Hebrew coin, equivalent to four Attic drachmas. And the number of those contributing was sixty myriads and five thousand five hundred and fifty. And the contribution was made by the free men who were over the twentieth 1.52 year up to the fiftieth. And the tabernacle was made in seven months. And God showed according to

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ανεισιν εἰς τὸ ορος· καὶ χρονίσαντος ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸς ἠθροίσθη πρὸς ̓Ααρὼν λέγων "ποίησον ἡμῖν θεούς· ὁ γὰρ Μωυσῆς οὐκ οιδαμεν τί γέγονεν." ̓Ααρὼν δὲ βιαζόμενος προσενεγκεῖν προσέταξεν εκαστον τὰ ἐνώτια τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὸν κόσμον ον αἱ γυναῖκες καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν περιέκειντο. οἱ δὲ προσήγαγον, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν μόσχον ἐποίησαν χωνευτὸν καὶ εθυσαν αὐτῷ. Μωυσῆς δὲ καταβαίνων ἀπὸ τοῦ ορους καὶ τὰς δύο πλάκας τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν ταῖς χερσὶ φέρων λιθίνους καταγεγραμμένας ἐπ' ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν, ὡς ηγγισε τῇ παρεμβολῇ, ὁρᾷ τὸν μόσχον, 1.50 καὶ ὀργισθεὶς τὰς πλάκας συνέτριψε, καὶ λαβὼν τὸν μόσχον κατέκαυσε καὶ ἐλέπτυνε καὶ βαλὼν εἰς υδωρ ἐπότισε τὸν λαόν. καὶ ἐνετείλατο τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευί, καὶ διῆλθον διὰ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἀπέκτειναν πολλούς, ὡς καὶ εἰς τρισχιλίους τοὺς πεσόντας ἀριθμηθῆναι. ὑπέστρεψε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸ ορος λέγων "κύριε, ἡμάρτηκεν ὁ λαός σου, καὶ νῦν εἰ μὲν ἀφίης αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, αφες· εἰ δὲ μή, κἀμὲ ἐξάλειψον ἐκ τῆς βίβλου σου." καὶ ειπεν αὐτῷ κύριος "κατάβηθι, ὁδήγησον τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον εἰς τὸν τόπον ον ειπόν σοι." καὶ ἐνεφάνισε κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ αἰτήσαντι ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν τὰ ὀπίσθια αὐτοῦ. καὶ κατέβη πρὸς τὸν λαὸν αυθις δύο πλάκας ἐπιφερόμενος τοὺς δέκα λόγους γεγραμμένους ἐχούσας, καὶ ἡ οψις τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχε δεδοξασμένη, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀτενίσαι αὐτῷ ὁ λαός, καὶ περιέθετο κάλυμμα περὶ τὴν οψιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ουτως ὡμίλει αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς α ἐνετείλατο ὁ θεὸς περί τε θυσιῶν καὶ καθαρσίων, καὶ ζῴων ἀκαθάρτων τε καὶ καθαρῶν, ωστε τῶν μὲν ἀπέχεσθαι, τοῖς δὲ τρέφεσθαι, περί τε μίξεων ἀθέσμων, καὶ τίνας οἱ ἱερεῖς εἰς γάμον ἀγάγωνται, καὶ οιας οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, καὶ περὶ σαββάτου καὶ τοῦ ἑβδόμου ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τοῦ πεντηκοστοῦ, ον ἰωβηλαῖον καλοῦσι· καὶ οτι ἐπέταξεν ὁ θεὸς σκηνὴν γενέσθαι εἰς ην αν παραγίνοιτο συνεπαγομένην αὐτοῖς μεταβαίνουσι, καὶ μέτρα τῆς σκηνῆς εδειξεν αὐτῷ καὶ σχῆμα καθ' ο αν κατασκευασθείη. ὁ δὲ λαὸς χαίροντες ἐπὶ τούτοις προσῆγον χρυσόν τε καὶ αργυρον καὶ λίθους τιμίους καὶ χαλκὸν καὶ ξύλα καὶ τρίχας αἰγείας καὶ δέρματα κριῶν καὶ λίνον καὶ ερια. ἀρχιτέκτονας δ' ἐφίστησι τῆς σκηνῆς τόν τε τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ τῆς Μαριὰμ υἱὸν 1.51 τὸν Βεσελεὴλ καὶ τὸν ̓Ελιφάτζ. ηδη δὲ τῆς σκηνῆς εἰργασμένης εστησε ταύτην Μωυσῆς. ειργαστο δὲ ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, α πανταχόθεν χρυσίον περιεκάλυπτεν, ῃ τὰς δύο πλάκας ἐνέθεντο αι τοὺς δέκα λόγους ειχον ἐγγεγραμμένους. ων ὁ πρῶτος μὲν ενα θεὸν ειναί φησι καὶ τοῦτον μόνον σέβεσθαι δεῖν, ὁ δεύτερος δὲ μηδενὸς εἰκόνα ζῴου ποιεῖν μηδὲ προσκυνεῖν, ὁ τρίτος ἐπὶ μηδενὶ ματαίῳ τὸν θεὸν ὀμνύναι, ὁ τέταρτος τὰς ἑβδομάδας παρατηρεῖν ἀναπαυομένους ἐξ εργου παντός, ὁ πέμπτος γονεῖς τιμᾶν, ὁ εκτος φόνου ἀπέχεσθαι, ὁ εβδομος μὴ μοιχεύειν, ὁ ογδοος μὴ κλέπτειν, ὁ ενατος μὴ ψευδομαρτυρεῖν, ὁ δέκατος μηδενὸς ἀλλοτρίου ἐπιθυμεῖν. ταύτην ουν τὴν κιβωτὸν εἰσάγουσιν εἰς τὸ αδυτον. ἐν δὲ τῷ ναῷ τιθέασι τράπεζαν, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ αρτους ἀζύμους δώδεκα καὶ λυχνίαν χρυσῆν καὶ θυμιατήριον ξύλινον ἐντός, εξωθεν δὲ χρυσίῳ κεκαλυμμένον. καὶ πρὸ τῆς σκηνῆς βωμὸν ἱδρύσατο ξύλινον χαλκαῖς λεπίσι περιεληλαμένον, ου αντικρυς φιάλαι καὶ κρατῆρες σὺν θυΐσκοις ἐτίθεντο, καὶ αλλα σκεύη α πρὸς ἱερουργίαν ἡτοίμαστο, χρύσεα πάντα. γίνονται δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι στολαί, ἀλλὰ μέντοι καὶ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ. ἀρχιερέα δὲ ὁ θεὸς τὸν ̓Ααρὼν ἐψηφίσατο. συναθροίσας δὲ τὸ πλῆθος ὁ Μωυσῆς "ανδρες" εφη, "τὸ μὲν εργον τετέλεσται, τῆς δὲ τοῦ ἱερᾶσθαι τιμῆς ὁ θεὸς τὸν ̓Ααρὼν ἀξιοῖ." προσέταξε δὲ Μωυσῆς εἰσφέρειν εκαστον σίκλου τὸ ημισυ, ιν' εἰς τὰς περὶ τὴν σκηνὴν χρείας ειη ἀνάλωμα. ὁ δὲ σίκλος νόμισμα ̔Εβραίων ἐστὶν ̓Αττικὰς δεχόμενον δραχμὰς τέσσαρας. τὸ δὲ πλῆθος τῶν εἰσφερόντων ην μυριάδες ἑξήκοντα καὶ πεντακισχίλιοι πεντακόσιοι πεντήκοντα. τὴν δ' εἰσφορὰν ἐποιοῦντο τῶν ἐλευθέρων οἱ τὸν εἰκοστὸν 1.52 ὑπερβάντες ἐνιαυτὸν αχρι πεντηκοστοῦ. ἐποιήθη δὲ ἡ σκηνὴ μησὶν ἑπτά. εδειξε δὲ ὁ θεὸς κατὰ