But if you diligently obey him<n id="1" /> and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones<n id="1" /> to pieces.<n id="2" />

They are to eat those things by which atonement was made<n id="1" /> to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else<n id="2" /> may eat them, for they are holy.

If any of the meat from the consecration offerings<n id="1" /> or any of the bread is left over<n id="2" /> until morning, then you are to burn up<n id="3" /> what is left over. It must not be eaten,<n id="4" /> because it is holy.p>

and they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the <sc>Lordsc> their God.p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Moses: &#8220;Go quickly, descend,<n id="1" /> because your<n id="2" /> people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

<p class="bodytext">Moses said to Aaron, &#8220;What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?&#8221;

Aaron said, &#8220;Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord;<n id="1" /> you know these people, that they tend to evil.<n id="2" />

Moses said, &#8220;You have been consecrated<n id="1" /> today for the <sc>Lordsc>, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know<n id="1" /> you by name.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days<n id="1" /> you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this<n id="2" /> at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.p>

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

For the cloud of the <sc>Lordsc> was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be<n id="1" /> on it at night, in plain view<n id="2" /> of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">When the people saw that Moses delayed<n id="2" /> in coming down<n id="3" /> from the mountain, they<n id="4" /> gathered around Aaron and said to him, &#8220;Get up,<n id="5" /> make us gods<n id="6" /> that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses,<n id="7" /> the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what<n id="8" /> has become of him!&#8221;p>

Come, let&#8217;s deal wisely<n id="1" /> with them. Otherwise<n id="2" /> they will continue to multiply,<n id="3" /> and if<n id="4" /> a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with<n id="5" /> our enemies and fight against us and leave<n id="6" /> the country.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses said to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> &#8220;O<n id="2" /> my Lord,<n id="3" /> I am not an eloquent man,<n id="4" /> neither in the past<n id="5" /> nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> became angry with<n id="1" /> Moses, and he said, &#8220;What about<n id="2" /> your brother Aaron the Levite?<n id="3" /> I know that he can speak very well.<n id="4" /> Moreover, he is coming<n id="5" /> to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.<n id="6" />p>

But you must require<n id="1" /> of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before.<n id="2" /> Do not reduce it, for they are slackers.<n id="3" /> That is why they are crying, &#8216;Let us go sacrifice to our God.&#8217;

&#8220;When Pharaoh says to you, &#8216;Do<n id="1" /> a miracle,&#8217; and you say to Aaron, &#8216;Take your staff and throw it down<n id="2" /> before Pharaoh,&#8217; it will become<n id="3" /> a snake.&#8221;