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The people will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know that I am the one who led them out of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am the Lord their God.

Also, pour the oil on the altar for burning offerings to God. Pour this oil on everything on that altar. Pour this oil on the bowl and on the base under the bowl.

I have filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God—I have given him the skill and knowledge to do all kinds of things.

When God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets of the agreement. God had written on the stones with his finger.

But Moses begged the Lord his God, " Lord , don't let your anger destroy your people. You brought them out of Egypt with your great power and strength.

But if you destroy your people, the Egyptians will say, ‘God planned to do bad things to his people. That is why he led them out of Egypt. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the earth.' So don't be angry with your people. Please change your mind! Don't destroy them.

God himself made the stones, and God himself wrote the commandments on them.

Then Moses said to them, "I will tell you what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: ‘Every man must get his sword and go from one end of the camp to the other. You men must kill those who are against the Lord , even if they are your brothers, friends, or neighbors.'"

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, "Please listen! These people committed a terrible sin and made a god from gold.

So when the people saw the cloud at the entrance of the tent, they would go to the entrance of their own tents and bow down to worship God.

That is, the Lord passed in front of Moses and said, " Yahweh , the Lord , is a kind and merciful God. He is slow to become angry. He is full of great love. He can be trusted.

Don't worship any other god. I am Yahweh Kanah —the jealous Lord . That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.

"Three times each year all your men must go to be with the Lord God , the God of Israel.

"When you go into your land, I will force your enemies out of that land. I will expand your borders—you will get more and more land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year. At that time no one will try to take your land from you.

"Give the Lord the very first crops that you harvest. Bring them to the house of the Lord your God. "Never cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

And he has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God—he gave Bezalel special skill and knowledge to do all kinds of things.

Then they put these jewels on the shoulder pieces of the ephod. These jewels were to help God to remember the Israelites. This was done as the Lord commanded Moses.

He must offer these parts, just as he offered the bull of the sin offering. In this way the priest will make the people pure, and God will forgive them.

"A ruler might sin without meaning to and break one of the commands of the Lord . He might do something that his God said must not be done.

The priest will burn all the goat's fat on the altar, just as he does for the fellowship offerings. In this way the priest will make the ruler pure, and God will forgive him.