Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

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

So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

Here is how you must eat it: you must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.

The Lord will fight for you; you must be quiet.”

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Two quarts of it are to be preserved throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

If he takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.

“When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning.

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

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.

The length of each curtain should be 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains are to have the same measurements.

The length of each curtain should be 45 feet and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains are to have the same measurements.

The length of each plank is to be 15 feet, and the width of each plank 27 inches.

“You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; it must be 4½ feet high.

“You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side.

Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver.

Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases.

Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.

Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22½ feet, including their three posts and their three bases.

And make the hangings on the other side 22½ feet, including their three posts and their three bases.

The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases.

The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7½ feet, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze.

Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on his sons’ right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.

“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination);

Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.

They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

The length of each curtain was 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains had the same measurements.

The length of each curtain was 45 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains had the same measurements.

The length of each plank was 15 feet, and the width of each was 27 inches.

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and was 4½ feet high.

Then he made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of finely spun linen, 150 feet in length,

The hangings on the north side were also 150 feet in length, including their 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

The hangings on the west side were 75 feet in length, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

The hangings on the east toward the sunrise were also 75 feet in length.

The hangings on one side of the gate were 22½ feet, including their three posts and three bases.

It was the same for the other side. The hangings were 22½ feet, including their three posts and three bases on both sides of the courtyard gate.

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was 30 feet long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet high.

Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet from it.