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Tell the Israelites, ‘This is to be my holy olive oil from now on. It is to be put on people and things to make them ready for service to God.

Beat some of the incense into a fine powder, and put it in front of the Ark of the Agreement in the Meeting Tent, where I will meet with you. You must use this incense powder only for its very special purpose.

Do not make incense for yourselves the same way you make this incense. Treat it as holy to the Lord .

the altar for burnt offerings and everything used with it, and the bowl and the stand under it.

They will make the woven clothes and the holy clothes for Aaron and the clothes for his sons to wear when they serve as priests.

They will also make the special olive oil used in appointing people and things to the service of the Lord , and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. "These workers will make all these things just as I have commanded you."

There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the Lord . Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death.

They have quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They have made for themselves a calf covered with gold, and they have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They have said, ‘Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.'"

Don't let the people of Egypt say, ‘The Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt for an evil purpose. He planned to kill them in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.' So stop being angry, and don't destroy your people.

Then Moses said, "Today you have been given for service to the Lord . You were willing to kill your own sons and brothers, and God has blessed you for this."

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, "How terribly these people have sinned! They have made for themselves gods from gold.

So now, go. Lead the people where I have told you, and my angel will lead you. When the time comes to punish, I will punish them for their sin."

This was because the Lord had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stubborn people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I would destroy you. So take off all your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.'"

and is kind to thousands of people. The Lord forgives people for evil, for sin, and for turning against him, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. He will punish not only the guilty people, but also their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, and their great-great-grandchildren."

Then the Lord said, "I am making this agreement with you. I will do miracles in front of all your people—things that have never before been done for any other nation on earth—and the people with you will see my work. I, the Lord , will do wonderful things for you.

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

"Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast as I commanded you. Do this during the month I have chosen, the month of Abib, because in that month you came out of Egypt.

You may buy back a donkey by paying for it with a lamb, but if you don't want to buy back a donkey, you must break its neck. You must buy back all your firstborn sons. "No one is to come before me without a gift.

"You must work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the planting season and the harvest season.

You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord . Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.