Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand – when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.

Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

Let the priests also, who approach the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through against them.”

There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.

So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

And he has put it in his heart to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.

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

When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the Lord,

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”

Moses said to the Lord, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us, ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”

But to Moses the Lord said, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

“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.

Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.