Exodus 34

• 1. The LORD told Moses, "Prepare two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.
• 2. Be ready in the morning to come up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain.
• 3. No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is allowed anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain."
• 4. So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the LORD had told him, carrying the two stone tablets in his hands.
• 5. Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and called out his own name, "the LORD," as Moses stood there in his presence.
• 6. He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
• 7. I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."
• 8. Moses immediately fell to the ground and worshiped.
• 9. And he said, "If it is true that I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, then please go with us. Yes, this is an unruly and stubborn people, but please pardon our iniquity and our sins. Accept us as your own special possession."
• 10. The LORD replied, "All right. This is the covenant I am going to make with you. I will perform wonders that have never been done before anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people around you will see the power of the LORD--the awesome power I will display through you.
• 11. Your responsibility is to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then I will surely drive out all those who stand in your way--the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
• 12. "Be very careful never to make treaties with the people in the land where you are going. If you do, you soon will be following their evil ways.
• 13. Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash the sacred pillars they worship, and cut down their carved images.
• 14. You must worship no other gods, but only the LORD, for he is a God who is passionate about his relationship with you.
• 15. "Do not make treaties of any kind with the people living in the land. They are spiritual prostitutes, committing adultery against me by sacrificing to their gods. If you make peace with them, they will invite you to go with them to worship their gods, and you are likely to do it.
• 16. And you will accept their daughters, who worship other gods, as wives for your sons. Then they will cause your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.
• 17. You must make no gods for yourselves at all.
• 18. "Be sure to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, just as I instructed you, at the appointed time each year in early spring, for that was when you left Egypt.
• 19. "Every firstborn male belongs to me--of both cattle and sheep.
• 20. A firstborn male donkey may be redeemed from the LORD by presenting a lamb in its place. But if you decide not to make the exchange, you must kill the donkey by breaking its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn son. No one is allowed to appear before me without a gift.
• 21. "Six days are set aside for work, but on the Sabbath day you must rest, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.
• 22. And you must remember to celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season.
• 23. Three times each year all the men of Israel must appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
• 24. No one will attack and conquer your land when you go to appear before the LORD your God those three times each year. I will drive out the nations that stand in your way and will enlarge your boundaries.
• 25. "You must not offer bread made with yeast as a sacrifice to me. And none of the meat of the Passover lamb may be kept over until the following morning.
• 26. You must bring the best of the first of each year's crop to the house of the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
• 27. And the LORD said to Moses, "Write down all these instructions, for they represent the terms of my covenant with you and with Israel."
• 28. Moses was up on the mountain with the LORD forty days and forty nights. In all that time he neither ate nor drank. At that time he wrote the terms of the covenant--the Ten Commandments--on the stone tablets.
• 29. When Moses came down the mountain carrying the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, he wasn't aware that his face glowed because he had spoken to the LORD face to face.
• 30. And when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses' face, they were afraid to come near him.
• 31. But Moses called to them and asked Aaron and the community leaders to come over and talk with him.
• 32. Then all the people came, and Moses gave them the instructions the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.
• 33. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
• 34. But whenever he went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he removed the veil until he came out again. Then he would give the people whatever instructions the LORD had given him,
• 35. and the people would see his face aglow. Afterward he would put the veil on again until he returned to speak with the LORD.

Exodus 35

• 1. Now Moses called a meeting of all the people and told them, "You must obey these instructions from the LORD.
• 2. Each week, work for six days only. The seventh day is a day of total rest, a holy day that belongs to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day will die.
• 3. Do not even light fires in your homes on that day."
• 4. Then Moses said to all the people, "This is what the LORD has commanded.
• 5. Everyone is invited to bring these offerings to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
• 6. blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen; goat hair for cloth;
• 7. tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;
• 8. olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
• 9. onyx stones, and other stones to be set in the ephod and the chestpiece.
• 10. "Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the LORD has commanded:
• 11. the entire Tabernacle, including the sacred tent and its coverings, the clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;
• 12. the Ark and its poles; the Ark's cover--the place of atonement; the inner curtain to enclose the Ark in the Most Holy Place;
• 13. the table, its carrying poles, and all of its utensils; the Bread of the Presence;
• 14. the lampstand and its accessories; the lamp cups and the oil for lighting;
• 15. the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;
• 16. the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the large washbasin with its pedestal;
• 17. the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
• 18. the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their cords;
• 19. the beautifully stitched clothing for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place; the sacred garments for Aaron and his sons to wear while officiating as priests."
• 20. So all the people left Moses and went to their tents to prepare their gifts.
• 21. If their hearts were stirred and they desired to do so, they brought to the LORD their offerings of materials for the Tabernacle and its furnishings and for the holy garments.
• 22. Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. Some brought to the LORD their offerings of gold--medallions, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind to the LORD.
• 23. Others brought blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, or goat hair for cloth. Some gave tanned ram skins or fine goatskin leather.
• 24. Others brought silver and bronze objects as their offering to the LORD. And those who had acacia wood brought it.
• 25. All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen cloth, and they brought them in.
• 26. All the women who were willing used their skills to spin and weave the goat hair into cloth.
• 27. The leaders brought onyx stones and the other gemstones to be used for the ephod and the chestpiece.
• 28. They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense.
• 29. So the people of Israel--every man and woman who wanted to help in the work the LORD had given them through Moses--brought their offerings to the LORD.
• 30. And Moses told them, "The LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
• 31. The LORD has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, intelligence, and skill in all kinds of crafts.
• 32. He is able to create beautiful objects from gold, silver, and bronze.
• 33. He is skilled in cutting and setting gemstones and in carving wood. In fact, he has every necessary skill.
• 34. And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.
• 35. The LORD has given them special skills as jewelers, designers, weavers, and embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on fine linen cloth. They excel in all the crafts needed for the work.

Exodus 36

• 1. "Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other craftsmen whom the LORD has gifted with wisdom, skill, and intelligence will construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded."
• 2. So Moses told Bezalel and Oholiab to begin the work, along with all those who were specially gifted by the LORD.
• 3. Moses gave them the materials donated by the people for the completion of the sanctuary. Additional gifts were brought each morning.
• 4. But finally the craftsmen left their work to meet with Moses.
• 5. "We have more than enough materials on hand now to complete the job the LORD has given us to do!" they exclaimed.
• 6. So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: "Bring no more materials! You have already given more than enough." So the people stopped bringing their offerings.
• 7. Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.
• 8. The skilled weavers first made ten sheets from fine linen. One of the craftsmen then embroidered blue, purple, and scarlet cherubim into them.
• 9. Each sheet was exactly the same size--forty-two feet long and six feet wide.
• 10. Five of these sheets were joined together to make one set, and a second set was made of the other five.
• 11. Fifty blue loops were placed along the edge of the last sheet in each set.
• 12. The fifty loops along the edge of the first set of sheets matched the loops along the edge of the second set.
• 13. Then fifty gold clasps were made to connect the loops on the edge of each set. Thus the Tabernacle was joined together in one piece.
• 14. Above the Tabernacle, a roof covering was made from eleven sheets of cloth made from goat hair.
• 15. Each sheet was exactly the same size--forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
• 16. The craftsmen joined five of these sheets together to make one set, and the six remaining sheets were joined to make a second set.
• 17. Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the last sheet in each set.
• 18. They also made fifty small bronze clasps to couple the loops, so the two sets of sheets were firmly attached to each other. In this way, the roof covering was joined together in one piece.
• 19. Then they made two more layers for the roof covering. The first was made of tanned ram skins, and the second was made of fine goatskin leather.
• 20. For the framework of the Tabernacle, they made frames of acacia wood standing on end.
• 21. Each frame was 15 feet high and 2 1/4 feet wide.
• 22. There were two pegs on each frame so they could be joined to the next frame. All the frames were made this way.
• 23. They made twenty frames to support the south side,
• 24. along with forty silver bases, two for each frame.
• 25. They also made twenty frames for the north side of the Tabernacle,
• 26. along with forty silver bases, two for each frame.
• 27. The west side of the Tabernacle, which was its rear, was made from six frames,
• 28. plus an extra frame at each corner.
• 29. These corner frames were connected at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single unit from top to bottom. They made two of these, one for each rear corner.
• 30. So for the west side they made a total of eight frames, along with sixteen silver bases, two for each frame.
• 31. Then they made five crossbars from acacia wood to tie the frames on the south side together.
• 32. They made another five for the north side and five for the west side.
• 33. The middle crossbar of the five was halfway up the frames, along each side, running from one end to the other.
• 34. The frames and crossbars were all overlaid with gold. The rings used to hold the crossbars were made of pure gold.
• 35. The inner curtain was made of fine linen cloth, and cherubim were skillfully embroidered into it with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
• 36. This curtain was then attached to four gold hooks set into four posts of acacia wood. The posts were overlaid with gold and set into four silver bases.
• 37. Then they made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. It was made of fine linen cloth and embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
• 38. This curtain was connected by five hooks to five posts. The posts with their decorated tops and bands were overlaid with gold. The five bases were molded from bronze.

New Living Translation: 29 of 324 days.