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"And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning.

"You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

"You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day."

"Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skillful person in whom the LORD has put skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the LORD has commanded."

"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

"You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil.

"Then you shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps.

"You shall also set the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle.

"And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

"Then you shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

"You shall also set up the courtyard all around and hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard.

"Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy.

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

"And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

"And you shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve as a priest to Me.

"You shall also bring his sons and put tunics on them;

and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations."