They intreat Moses to stand between them and God. "Be ðu nu god and us bi-twen, 3524 Her nu q_u_at god ſal more q_ue_ðen, And tellet uſ ſiðen her bi-neðen." And moyſes ſteg up a-non, God gave to Moses many commandments and laws, God hem bad bodes manige on 3528 And lages; and hu he ſulen maken ðe tabernacle, and wor-of taken instructed him concerning the making of the Tabernacle, ðe gold, and ſilu_er_, and ðe bras, ðe ſyðen don ðor-on[327] was, 3532 And nemeld it beſeel, and gave him two tables of stone upon which were written the Ten Commandments. And two oðere to maken it wel; And gaf to[328] tabeles of ſton, And .x. bodeword writen ðor-on. 3536 [Fol. 69.] Ðor q_u_iles moyſes was up wið gode, And liſtenede al ðat leue bode, [324] MS. for for hele. [325] MS. dat. [326] MS. ma. [327] MS. dor-on. [328] two? THEY WORSHIP A GOLDEN CALF. The people, in the absence of Moses, said unto Aaron, Swilc wod-hed ðiſ folc[329] cam on, ðat he ſeiden to aaraon, 3540 "Make us gods to go before us," "Mac vs godes foren us to gon, of moyſes haue we helpe non." Aaron and vr ſtoden a-gen, And boden hem ſwilc ðhowtes leten; 3544 ðat wod folc ðor ur of dage and compelled him to make a molten calf, Brogten, and deden aaron i_n_ age; Here faigere ringes he boden taken, And don in fier, and geten, and maken 3548 An calf of gold, and [an] alter Made ðat folc, and lutten it ðer, which they worshipped. And ðat calf ofrendes deden, And made gret feſt in ðat ſtede[n]. 3552 Ðo ſeide god to moyſen, God is angered thereby. "Go ðu nu dun ðin folc to ſen, He hauen ſineged and miſdon, Let me taken wreche ðer-on." 3556 Moses intreateth for them.