Seven full days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.

and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,

He has filled him with the Spirit of God – with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,

and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.

They set on it four rows of stones: a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl – the first row;

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron’s garments to set him apart to minister as my priest.

You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl – the first row;

“You are to clothe them – your brother Aaron and his sons with him – and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.

They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.

Moses said, “You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”

Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.