Study Desk

Make linen shorts for them that reach from the waist down to the thigh, so they won't expose themselves.

This ram is part of the ordination service. So remove its right hind leg, its fat tail, the fat on its insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy.

and you will know that I am the Lord your God, the one who rescued you from Egypt, so that I could live among you.

Make a large bronze bowl and a bronze stand for it. Then put them between the altar for sacrifice and the sacred tent, so the priests can wash their hands and feet before entering the tent or offering a sacrifice on the altar. Each priest in every generation must wash himself in this way, or else he will die right there.

By dedicating them in this way, you will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy.

So treat it as holy! Don't ever use it for everyday purposes or mix any for yourselves.

It is truly holy because it is dedicated to me, so don't ever make any for yourselves.

The people got up early the next morning and killed some animals to be used for sacrifices and others to be eaten. Then everyone ate and drank so much that they began to carry on like wild people.

and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.

So even though the Lord had threatened to destroy the people, he changed his mind and let them live.

As Moses got closer to the camp, he saw the idol, and he also saw the people dancing around. This made him so angry that he threw down the stones and broke them to pieces at the foot of the mountain.

So Moses stood at the gate of the camp and shouted, "Everyone who is on the Lord 's side come over here!" Then the men of the Levi tribe gathered around Moses,

Moses said to them, "You obeyed the Lord and did what was right, and so you will serve as his priests for the people of Israel. It was hard for you to kill your own sons and brothers, but the Lord has blessed you and made you his priests today."

So the Lord punished the people of Israel with a terrible disease for talking Aaron into making the gold idol.

It is a land rich with milk and honey, and I will send an angel to force out those people who live there—the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I would go with my people, but they are so rebellious that I would destroy them before they get there.

Even before the Lord said these harsh things, he had told Moses, "These people really are rebellious, and I would kill them at once, if I went with them. But tell them to take off their fancy jewelry, then I'll decide what to do with them." So the people started mourning,

So the Lord told him, "I will do what you have asked, because I am your friend and I am pleased with you."

So Moses cut two flat stones like the first ones, and early the next morning he carried them to the top of Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded.

They could see that his face was still shining. So after he had spoken with them, he would put the veil back on and leave it on until the next time he went to speak with the Lord .