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goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back,
you must break its neck. However, you must buy
back every firstborn son.
“No one may appear before me without an
offering.
21 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must
stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.
22 “You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest* with the first crop of the wheat harvest,
and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest*
at the end of the harvest season. 23 Three times
each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord, the God of Israel.
24 I will drive out the other nations ahead of you
and expand your territory, so no one will covet
and conquer your land while you appear before
the Lord your God three times each year.
25 “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods
containing yeast. And none of the meat of the
Passover sacrifice may be kept over until the
next morning.
26 “As you harvest your crops, bring the very
best of the first harvest to the house of the Lord
your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down
all these instructions, for they represent the
terms of the covenant I am making with you
and with Israel.”
28 Moses remained there on the mountain
with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all
that time he ate no bread and drank no water.
And the Lord* wrote the terms of the covenant—
the Ten Commandments*—on the stone tablets.
29 When Moses came down Mount Si nai
carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with
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the terms of the covenant,* he wasn’t aware
that his face had become radiant because he
had spoken to the Lord. 30 So when Aaron and
the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses’
face, they were afraid to come near him.
31 But Moses called out to them and asked
Aaron and all the leaders of the community
to come over, and he talked with them. 32 Then
all the people of Israel approached him, and
Moses gave them all the instructions the Lord
had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses
finished speaking with them, he covered his
face with a veil. 34 But whenever he went into
the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he
would remove the veil until he came out again.
Then he would give the people whatever instructions the Lord had given him, 35 and the
people of Israel would see the radiant glow of
his face. So he would put the veil over his face
until he returned to speak with the Lord.
Instructions for the Sabbath
Then Moses called together the whole
community of Israel and told them,
“These are the instructions the Lord has commanded you to follow. 2 You have six days each
week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day
must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy
day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on
that day must be put to death. 3 You must not even
light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”
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Offerings for the Tabernacle
4 Then Moses said to the whole community of
Israel, “This is what the Lord has commanded:
5 Take a sacred offering for the Lord. Let those
with generous hearts present the following gifts
to the Lord:
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• Presence of God
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Some of the Lord’s radiance had “rubbed
off” on Moses. He didn’t even realize it
until he came down the mountain and
the people reacted to the brightness of
his presence. They knew that Moses had
been with the Lord. When we have been
in close fellowship with God, we walk
away with some of his radiance. We may
not know it, but others perceive that we
have been with him. Sharing our faith
usually involves what we say and do, but
our words and actions will be even more
compelling when we are reflecting the
very presence of God.
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gold, silver, and bronze;
blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
acacia wood;
olive oil for the lamps;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant
incense;
onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set
in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
10 “Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen.
Construct everything that the Lord has commanded:
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the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its
covering, clasps, frames, crossbars,
posts, and bases;
34:22a Hebrew Festival of Weeks; compare 23:16. This was
later called the Festival of Pentecost. It is celebrated today as
Shavuot (or Shabuoth). 34:22b Or Festival of Ingathering.
This was later called the Festival of Shelters or Festival of
Tabernacles (see Lev 23:33-36). It is celebrated today as Sukkot
(or Succoth). 34:28a Hebrew he. 34:28b Hebrew the ten
words. 34:29 Hebrew the two tablets of the Testimony; see
note on 25:16.