Study Desk

They made a strip of pure gold, which is the holy crown, and carved these words in the gold, as one might carve on a seal: "Holy to the Lord ."

Then they brought the Holy Tent to Moses: the Tent and all its furniture, hooks, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;

the table, all its containers, and the bread that showed they were in God's presence;

They brought the clothes for the priests to wear when they served in the Holy Tent—the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and the clothes for his sons, which they wore when they served as priests.

Moses looked closely at all the work and saw they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

"Use the special olive oil and pour it on the Holy Tent and everything in it, in order to give the Tent and all that is in it for service to the Lord . They will be holy.

Then pour the special olive oil on the bowl and the base under it so that they will be given for service to God.

Pour the special oil on them in the same way that you appointed their father as priest so that they may also serve me as priests. Pouring oil on them will make them a family of priests, they and their descendants from now on."

They washed themselves every time they entered the Meeting Tent and every time they went near the altar for burnt offerings, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

So the cloud of the Lord was over the Holy Tent during the day, and there was a fire in the cloud at night. So all the Israelites could see the cloud while they traveled.

The priests, when they have put wood and fire on the altar,

You may bring yeast and honey to the Lord as an offering from the first harvest, but they must not be burned on the altar as a pleasing smell.

"‘If the whole nation of Israel sins accidentally without knowing it and does something the Lord has commanded not to be done, they are guilty.

When they learn about the sin they have done, they must offer a young bull as a sin offering and bring it before the Meeting Tent.

he will do the same thing with this bull that he did with the first bull of the sin offering. In this way the priest removes the sins of the people so they will belong to the Lord and be forgiven.

The ruler must put his hand on the goat's head and kill it in the place where they kill the whole burnt offering before the Lord ; it is a sin offering.

Aaron and the priests may eat what is left, but it must be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They must eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent.

"This is the offering Aaron and the priests must bring to the Lord on the day they appoint Aaron as high priest: They must bring two quarts of fine flour for a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

This is the portion that belongs to Aaron and his sons from the offerings made by fire to the Lord . They were given this share on the day they were presented to the Lord as priests.

So all the people came to the front of the Meeting Tent, bringing the things Moses had commanded them to bring, and they stood before the Lord .