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So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He set the people apart to be holy, and they washed their clothes.

All the people heard and saw the thunder and lightning, the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking. And when the people saw it, they shook with fear and stood far away.

They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us or we will die."

"If one man's bull hurts another's so that it dies, they will sell the live bull and divide the price so they will each have the same. And they will divide the dead bull.

If you bring them trouble, and they cry out to Me, for sure I will hear their cry.

But in the seventh year you will let the land rest without planting. So your people who are in need may eat. Whatever they leave, the animals may eat. You are to do the same with your grape-fields and olive trees.

Women in your land will not lose their babies before they are born, and will be able to give birth. I will give you a full life.

I will send hornets before you. They will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites before you come.

Then he took the Book of the Agreement and read it for the people to hear. They said, "We will do all that the Lord has spoken. We will obey."

And they saw the God of Israel. The ground under His feet looked like sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

He did not let His hand come against the leaders of Israel. But they saw God, and ate and drank.

"They will make a special box of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits tall.

Then make the seven lamps and put them where they will give light to the space in front of it.

They will be apart at the bottom, and joined at the top with one ring. They will both be made the same and will make the two corners.

Make horns for it on its four corners. They will be of one piece and covered with brass.

They will hang from twenty pillars which are put on twenty bases of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their rings will be made of silver.

These are the clothes they will make: A breast-piece, a linen vest, a long piece of clothing, a long coat, a head-covering, and a wide belt. They will make holy clothing for your brother Aaron and his sons to work for Me as religious leaders.

They will use gold and blue and purple and red cloth and fine linen.

"They will use gold and blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen to make the linen vest that holds the breast-piece. It will be the work of the able workman.

And the fourth row will be a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They will be set in beautiful pieces of gold.