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"Then you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, so that they may serve Me as priests.

"Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests to Me: take one bull and two rams without blemish,

"I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve as priests to Me.

"And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, so that they may serve as priests to Me.

"Furthermore, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

"Now as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You must keep My Sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

"It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

Aaron said to them, "Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

"So now leave Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

"For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we do not know what happened to him.'

"So I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.' Then they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."

Moses then stood at the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.

"But now, if You will forgive their sin, very well; but if not, please wipe me out from Your book which You have written!"

However, the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe him out of My book.

Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people!' But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, 'I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.'

"Now then, if I have found favor in Your sight in any way, please let me know Your ways so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people."

Then Moses said, "Please, show me Your glory!"

He further said, "You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!"

Then the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;

"So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.