Study Desk

"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

"If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.

"You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.

"Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed.

"Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.

Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.

So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases-two under each frame.

Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.

The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

"Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

"Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests.

Tell all the skilled men to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.

These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests.

It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened.

The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod.

Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron's heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD . Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD .

with an opening for the head in its center. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear.

Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die.