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And the LORD smote the people because they worshipped the calf which Aaron made.

And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned; and no man did put on him his armor.

You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, so that the people may not go astray after their idols and sacrifice to their gods, and they shall invite you, and you shall eat of their sacrifices;

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses face, behold, the skin of Moses face shone; and they were afraid to come near to him.

And they came, every one who was willing in his heart and every one whose spirit made him willing, and they brought offerings for the LORD, to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy vestments.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets and earrings and rings and necklaces and all sorts of jewels of gold; and every man that had set aside an offering of gold brought it to the LORD.

And all the women who were skillful did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet material, and of fine linen.

And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, with which to make it. And they brought yet to him free offerings every morning.

And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than is necessary for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the things they had to make, and some was left over.

And all the skillful men among those who did the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet material; with cherubim artistically wrought they made them.

And they coupled the five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains they coupled one to another.

And they made loops of blue on the edge of each curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; likewise they wrought on the other edge of the curtain, on the coupling of the second.

They made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; the loops were opposite each other.

And they made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps so that it became one tabernacle.

And they made curtains of goats hair for the tent over the tabernacle; they made eleven curtains.

And they coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

And they made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which coupled the second.

And they made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

And they made a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red and a covering of badgers skins above that.