“Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

“This will take place,” He continued, “so they will believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.”

The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites were.

Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, for the Lord brought you out of here by the strength of His hand. Nothing leavened may be eaten.

“In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘By the strength of His hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, “God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.”

The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never left its place in front of the people.

You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of Your possession;
Lord, You have prepared the place
for Your dwelling;
Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary.

Understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day He will give you two days’ worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

Moses told Aaron, “Take a container and put two quarts of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be preserved throughout your generations.”

The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the Lord’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

“You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered.

But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

“I am going to send an angel before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.

Worship the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.

I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Hang the veil under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the veil, so the veil will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

Place the table outside the veil and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table; put the table on the north side.

Place a setting of gemstones on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be
a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

Place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece for decisions, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the Lord. Aaron will continually carry the means of decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the Lord.

Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem on the turban.

Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and shanks, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.

“You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

“You are to place the altar in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you.

Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, My angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”

The Lord said, “Here is a place near Me. You are to stand on the rock,

Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle.

Place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.