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So I will force them out of your land very slowly. I will do this as you grow and eventually take the land to be your own.

So Moses wrote down all the commands of the Lord . The next morning he got up and built an altar near the bottom of the mountain. And he set up twelve stones—one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Moses read the scroll with the special agreement written on it. He read the agreement so that all the people could hear him. And the people said, "We have heard the laws that the Lord has given us. And we agree to obey them."

So Moses and his helper, Joshua, went up the mountain of God.

On the sides, the curtains of this tent will hang down 1 cubit below the bottom edges of the Holy Tent. So this tent will completely cover the Holy Tent.

Make a horn for each of the four corners of the altar. Join each horn to its corner so that everything is one piece. Then cover the altar with bronze.

Put the Urim and Thummim inside the judgment pouch. They will be over Aaron's heart when he goes before the Lord . So Aaron will always carry with him a way of judging for the Israelites when he is before the Lord .

So around the bottom edge of the robe there should be bells and pomegranates. There should be a bell following each pomegranate.

Aaron will wear this on his head. In this way he will remove the guilt if anything is wrong with the gifts that the Israelites give to God. Aaron will always wear this on his head so that the Lord will accept the gifts of the people.

"So I will make the Meeting Tent and the altar holy. I will also make Aaron and his sons holy so that they can serve me as priests.

The people will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know that I am the one who led them out of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am the Lord their God.

Put the altar just outside the special curtain that hangs in front of the Box of the Agreement. So the altar will be in front of the mercy-cover that is above the Agreement. This is the place where I will meet with you.

He must burn incense again when he checks the lamps in the evening so that incense will be burned before the Lord every day forever.

"Count the Israelites so that you will know how many people there are. Every time this is done, each man must make a payment for himself to the Lord so that nothing terrible will happen to the people.

Every time they enter the Meeting Tent, they must wash with that water so that they will not die. They must also wash every time they come near the altar to burn incense or to offer gifts to the Lord .

They must wash their hands and their feet so that they will not die. This will be a law that continues forever for Aaron and his people who will live in the future."

There may be people who will want to make some of this incense for themselves so that they can enjoy the smell. But whoever does this must be separated from their people."

I have also chosen Oholiab to work with him. Oholiab is the son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan. And I have given skills to all the other workers so that they can make everything that I have commanded you:

The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, "Look, Moses led us out of the land of Egypt, but we don't know what has happened to him. So make us some gods to go before us and lead us."

So the people collected all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.