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with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.

So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.

Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations."

So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.

Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.

So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

"‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord .

Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them.

Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.

Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.

You must stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and do what the Lord requires, so you will not die; for that is what I have been commanded."

So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses.

Then Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you."

So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord .

So they came and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, because the Lord 's anointing oil is on you." So they did as Moses said.

so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,