The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.

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.

You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.

Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the Lord.

When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the Lord,

Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.

So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:

“You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.

Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”

The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.”’”

Those of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses,

But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”

Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.