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"Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons' garments with him.

"The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, so that they may be anointed and ordained in them.

"So they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.

"So you shall do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall ordain them for seven days.

"And they shall know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God.

"When you take a census of the sons of Israel to count them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you count them, so that there will be no plague among them when you count them.

"And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting, so that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves."

when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they do not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD.

"So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they do not die; and it shall be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations."

"You shall also consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

"And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, so that they may serve as priests to Me.

and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, so that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

"And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, so that they may make everything that I have commanded you:

"Now as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You must keep My Sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

'So the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a permanent covenant.'

So all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

So the next day they got up early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to engage in lewd behavior.

"So now leave Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

So the LORD relented of the harm which He said He would do to His people.

"So I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.' Then they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."