Listen to this Kathan Kawraw
being read
by the chaciyd with some Hebrew pronunciation
1 And when the people saw that
Mosheh delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before
us; for [as for] this Mosheh, the man that brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the
ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto
me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears,
and brought [them] unto Aaron.
4 And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool,
after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O
Yisrael, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to YAHUAH.
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play.
7 And YAHUAH said unto Mosheh, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou
broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]:
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they
have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed
thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Yisrael, which have brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt.
9 And YAHUAH said unto Mosheh, I have seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a
stiffnecked people:
10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that
I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 And Mosheh besought YAHUAH his YAHUAH, and said, YAHUAH, why doth thy wrath
wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them
out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the
earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Yisrael, 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.
14 And YAHUAH repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
15 And Mosheh 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.
16 And the tables [were] the work of YAHUAH, and the writing [was] the writing
of YAHUAH, graven upon the tables.
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto
Mosheh, [There is] a noise of war in the camp.
18 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.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the
calf, and the dancing: and Mosheh' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out
of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20 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
Yisrael drink [of it].
21 And Mosheh said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast
brought so great a sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my master wax hot: thou knowest the
people, that they [are set] on mischief.
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for [as for]
this Mosheh, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him.
24 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.
25 And when Mosheh saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them
naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
26 Then Mosheh stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on YAHUAH'S
side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves
together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith YAHUAH YAHUAH of Yisrael, 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 companion, and every man his
neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Mosheh: and there fell
of the people that day about three thousand men.
29 For Mosheh had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to YAHUAH, even every man
upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this
day.
30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mosheh said unto the people, Ye have
sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto YAHUAH; peradventure I shall make
an atonement for your sin.
31 And Mosheh returned unto YAHUAH, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a
great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee,
out of thy book which thou hast written.
33 And YAHUAH said unto Mosheh, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I
blot out of my book.
34 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.
35 And YAHUAH plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.