Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”

The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.

“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make 11 of these curtains.

These are the garments that they must make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a specially woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve Me as priests.

Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain, and consecrate them, so that they may serve Me as priests.

These must be worn by Aaron and his sons whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary area, so that they do not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and for his future descendants.

They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy.

Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.

Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”

Moses assembled the entire Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:

He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

When you bring to the Lord the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he will take it to the altar.

“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess he has committed that sin.

In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf concerning the sin he has committed in any of these cases, and he will be forgiven. The rest will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar,

But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution in any ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the Israelites’ fellowship sacrifices.

But Aaron replied to Moses, “See, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the Lord’s sight?”

“Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.

But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

the camel, though it chews the cud,
does not have divided hooves—it is unclean for you;

But these are to be detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures in the water.

“You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable:

the eagle, the bearded vulture,
the black vulture,

But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

You may eat these:

any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you:

the weasel, the mouse,
any kind of large lizard,

These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.

The priest who performs the cleansing will place the person who is to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“But if he is poor and cannot afford these, he is to take one male lamb for a restitution offering to be waved in order to make atonement for him, along with two quarts of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, one-third of a quart of olive oil,

On the eighth day he is to bring these things for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord.

He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He must tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban. These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them.

“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable things—not the native or the foreigner who lives among you.

For the men who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable things, and the land has become defiled.

Any person who does any of these detestable practices must be cut off from his people.

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

Neither you nor a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are My appointed times, the times of the Lord that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

“These are the Lord’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

“These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

These are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.

You may also purchase them from the foreigners staying with you, or from their families living among you—those born in your land. These may become your property.

If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.

“But if you do not obey Me and observe all these commands—

“But if after these things you will not obey Me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.

“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,

These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws the Lord established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy.

These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.

These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral houses. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes—all the work relating to these.

The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites.

Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen—and all the work relating to them.

The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.

The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,

“Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. They will carry out everything that needs to be done with these items.

These were the registered men of the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.

These were the registered men of the Gershonite clans. At the Lord’s command Moses and Aaron registered everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting.

These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.

“Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

“The priest is to present these before the Lord and sacrifice the Nazirite’s sin offering and burnt offering.

On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. After he anointed and consecrated these things,

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so You should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing woman carries a baby,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

Where can I get meat to give all these people? For they are crying to me: ‘Give us meat to eat!’

I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.

These were their names:

Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben;

These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,

When Moses reported these words to all the Israelites, the people were overcome with grief.

“Every Israelite is to prepare these things in this way when he presents a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

“When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses—

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the Lord’s commands and obey them and not become unfaithful by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Furthermore, you didn’t bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey or give us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!”

He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord sent me to do all these things and that it was not of my own will:

If these men die naturally as all people would, and suffer the fate of all, then the Lord has not sent me.

But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”