You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.

the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings<n id="1" /> of the tent,

<p class="bodytext">So Aaron said to them, &#8220;Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.&#8221;<n id="1" />

He accepted the gold<n id="1" /> from them,<n id="2" /> fashioned<n id="3" /> it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf.<n id="4" /> Then they said, &#8220;These are your gods,<n id="5" /> O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.&#8221;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.

So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See,<n id="1" /> my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin.&#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;Obey<n id="1" /> what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out<n id="2" /> before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Be careful not to make<n id="1" /> a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare<n id="2" /> among you.

<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>

After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the <sc>Lordsc> had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, &#8220;These are the things that the <sc>Lordsc> has commanded you to do.<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, &#8220;This is the word that the <sc>Lordsc> has commanded:

the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;

<p class="bodytext">Everyone who had<n id="1" /> blue, purple, or<n id="2" /> scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats&#8217; hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather<n id="3" /> brought them.<n id="4" />

So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work<n id="1" /> they were doing

and told Moses, &#8220;The people are bringing much more than<n id="1" /> is needed for the completion<n id="2" /> of the work which the <sc>Lordsc> commanded us to do!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.

<p class="bodytext">He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served<n id="1" /> at the entrance of the tent of meeting.p>