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And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.

And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.

And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.

So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.

And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord.

And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;

Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.

For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face.

And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders.

Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;

The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.

And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.

Then Moses sent for Bezalel and Oholiab, and for all the wise-hearted men to whom the Lord had given wisdom, even everyone who was moved by the impulse of his heart to come and take part in the work:

The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;

The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.

Then Moses, when he saw all their work and saw that they had done everything as the Lord had said, gave them his blessing.