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Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.' Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"

Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies.

So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord , come to me." And all the Levites rallied to him.

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.

So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.

If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people."

So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them.

So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded."

So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more,

Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.

They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze.

They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.

The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod—as the Lord commanded Moses.