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They would see that Moses' face was shining. So he would cover his face again until the next time he went in to speak with the Lord .

So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person will do the work the Lord has commanded, because he gave them the wisdom and understanding to do all the skilled work needed to build the Holy Tent."

So all the skilled workers left the work they were doing on the Holy Tent,

Then Moses sent this command throughout the camp: "No man or woman should make anything else as a gift for the Holy Tent." So the people were kept from giving more,

They made fifty gold hooks to join the two curtains together so that the Holy Tent was joined together as one piece.

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

He made one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. He attached them to the lid so that it would be one piece.

He made each corner stick out like a horn so that the horns and the altar were joined together in one piece. Then he covered the altar with bronze.

They made a hole in the center of the outer robe, with a woven collar sewn around it so it would not tear.

So around the bottom of the outer robe there was a bell and a pomegranate ball, a bell and a pomegranate ball. The priest wore this outer robe when he served as priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

So all the work on the Meeting Tent was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Moses looked closely at all the work and saw they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Then pour the special olive oil on the bowl and the base under it so that they will be given for service to God.

Then put the holy clothes on Aaron. Pour the special oil on him, and give him for service to God so that he may serve me as a priest.

Pour the special oil on them in the same way that you appointed their father as priest so that they may also serve me as priests. Pouring oil on them will make them a family of priests, they and their descendants from now on."

So the Holy Tent was set up on the first day of the first month during the second year after they left Egypt.

Then Moses set up the courtyard around the Holy Tent and the altar, and he put up the curtain at the entry to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

So the cloud of the Lord was over the Holy Tent during the day, and there was a fire in the cloud at night. So all the Israelites could see the cloud while they traveled.

"‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering.

He must put his hand on the animal's head, and the Lord will accept it to remove the person's sin so he will belong to God.