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Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"

So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off'; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"

Moses said, "Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the Lord , each one at the cost of a son or a brother, and so have brought a blessing on yourselves this day."

So Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Alas, this people has sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold.

For the Lord had said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do to you.'"

Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people."

So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the former ones; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and pendants, all sorts of gold objects, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord .

so that all the artisans who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task being performed,

So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing;

And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains one to the other with clasps; so the tabernacle was one whole.

He made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it might be one whole.

three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

And so for the other side; on each side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.

They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it should lie on the decorated band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

and the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening in a coat of mail, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not be torn.

Then you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it shall become holy.

You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar shall be most holy.

and put on Aaron the sacred vestments, and you shall anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve me as priest.

He set up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and put up the screen at the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.