broke them to pieces. Then he took the golden calf which Aaron had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and threw the powder into some water, and made the children of Israel drink that bitter water. After this, Moses prayed to God that he would forgive the sins of the people, and God heard the prayer of his servant Moses. And he told Moses to hew out two tables of stone like the first, and said that He would write the Ten F Commandments upon them, as he had done upon those tables of stone which Moses had broken. So Moses made two tables of stone, like the first, and took them up to the top of Mount Sinai; and then God wrote the Ten Commandments upon them again, as he had done before. And Moses stayed talking with the Lord for forty days and forty nights. did not now speak in a loud voice, and with the sound of a trumpet, as he had done when He first gave God the Commandments to the people, nor did he make it thunder and lighten, as it had done before. Moses was not afraid of being alone with God, for God let him see some of His glorious brightness, and talked to him as though He were his friend. And when he came down from the mountain his face shone as though it had been the face of an angel; and he told the people what God had said to him. It is getting late, my dear, and I will tell you you more to morrow. LESSON VII. W. THE TWELVE SPIES. Now, dearest will you tell me some of the things that God said to Moses when he was on the mountain. Mamma. One of the things He told Moses to do was to make a large tabernacle, that is, a sort of tent, in which these two tables of stone were to be kept. This tent was a very holy place. The people were to meet together in it to join in praising God, and praying to Him, as we now meet in our churches. W. Then there were no churches in that country, I suppose, Mamma? Mamma. No, my love, and this tent or tabernacle was instead. The people were to carry it with them from place to place. |