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Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the LORD has commanded you to follow.
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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.
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You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”
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Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
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Take a sacred offering for the LORD . Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD : gold, silver, and bronze;
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blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
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tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;
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olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
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onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
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“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;
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the Ark and its carrying poles; the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
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the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils; the Bread of the Presence;
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for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;
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the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;
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the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;
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the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
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the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;
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the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”