Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

Afterward his brother came out – the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand – and he was named Zerah.

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

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

he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”

and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,

“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,

Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, “This is the word that the Lord has commanded:

Now Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses;

They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Whenever they entered the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached the altar, they would wash, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord.

Then the one making the offering must present all its fat: the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails,

The right thigh you must give as a contribution offering to the priest from your peace offering sacrifices.

Then Moses said to the congregation: “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”