Chapter 25.
1The Lord said to Moses:
2Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.
3This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats' hair,
5tanned rams' skins, fine leather, acacia wood,
6oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
7onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.
9In accordance with all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
10They shall make an ark of acacia wood; it shall be two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make a molding of gold upon it all around.
12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side.
13You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry the ark.
15The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16You shall put into the ark the covenant that I shall give you.
17Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
18You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim at its two ends.
20The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the mercy seat.
21You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I shall give you.
22There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant, I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.
23You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.
25You shall make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
26You shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim.
28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
29You shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
30And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
31You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals shall be of one piece with it;
32and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
33three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on the other branch — so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
34On the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
35There shall be a calyx of one piece with it under the first pair of branches, a calyx of one piece with it under the next pair of branches, and a calyx of one piece with it under the last pair of branches — so for the six branches that go out of the lampstand.
36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.
37You shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
38Its snuffers and trays shall be of pure gold.
39It, and all these utensils, shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
40And see that you make them according to the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
Chapter 26.
1Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and crimson yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
2The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be of the same size.
3Five curtains shall be joined to one another; and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.
4You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set; and likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.
5You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another.
6You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be one whole.
7You shall also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains.
8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall be of the same size.
9You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.
10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.
11You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and join the tent together, so that it may be one whole.
12The part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.
14You shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
15You shall make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
16Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the width of each frame.
17There shall be two pegs in each frame to fit the frames together; you shall make these for all the frames of the tabernacle.
18You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;
19and you shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under the first frame for its two pegs, and two bases under the next frame for its two pegs;
20and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,
21and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame;
22and for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.
23You shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;
24they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring; it shall be the same with both of them; they shall form the two corners.
25And so there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.
26You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
27and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.
28The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall pass through from end to end.
29You shall overlay the frames with gold, and shall make their rings of gold to hold the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.
31You shall make a curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
32You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, which have hooks of gold and rest on four bases of silver.
33You shall hang the curtain under the clasps, and bring the ark of the covenant in there, within the curtain; and the curtain shall separate for you the holy place from the most holy.
34You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.
35You shall set the table outside the curtain, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table; and you shall put the table on the north side.
36You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen, embroidered with needlework.
37You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
Chapter 27.
1You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and it shall be three cubits high.
2You shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.
4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5You shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar.
6You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze;
7the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8You shall make it hollow, with boards. They shall be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
9You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for that side;
10its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11Likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12For the width of the court on the west side there shall be fifty cubits of hangings, with ten pillars and ten bases.
13The width of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.
14There shall be fifteen cubits of hangings on the one side, with three pillars and three bases.
15There shall be fifteen cubits of hangings on the other side, with three pillars and three bases.
16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.
17All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
18The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twisted linen and bases of bronze.
19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
20You shall further command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, so that a lamp may be set up to burn regularly.
21In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual ordinance to be observed throughout their generations by the Israelites.
Chapter 28.
1Then bring near to you your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests — Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2You shall make sacred vestments for the glorious adornment of your brother Aaron.
3And you shall speak to all who have ability, whom I have endowed with skill, that they make Aaron's vestments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
4These are the vestments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, and a sash. When they make these sacred vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests,
5they shall use gold, blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine linen.
6They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen, skillfully worked.
7It shall have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together.
8The decorated band on it shall be of the same workmanship and materials, of gold, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
9You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
11As a gem-cutter engraves signets, so you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; you shall mount them in settings of gold filigree.
12You shall set the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.
13You shall make settings of gold filigree,
14and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
15You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work; you shall make it in the style of the ephod; of gold, of blue and purple and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen you shall make it.
16It shall be square and doubled, a span in length and a span in width.
17You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of carnelian, chrysolite, and emerald shall be the first row;
18and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and a moonstone;
19and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
21There shall be twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
22You shall make for the breastpiece chains of pure gold, twisted like cords;
23and you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.
24You shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece;
25the two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings, and so attach it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
26You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.
27You shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, at its joining above the decorated band of the ephod.
28The breastpiece shall be bound by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it may lie on the decorated band of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.
29So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a continual remembrance before the Lord.
30In the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the Israelites on his heart before the Lord continually.
31You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it may not be torn.
33On its lower hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, all around the lower hem, with bells of gold between them all around —
34a golden bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe.
35Aaron shall wear it when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he may not die.
36You shall make a rosette of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the Lord."
37You shall fasten it on the turban with a blue cord; it shall be on the front of the turban.
38It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall take on himself any guilt incurred in the holy offering that the Israelites consecrate as their sacred donations; it shall always be on his forehead, in order that they may find favor before the Lord.
39You shall make the checkered tunic of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.
40For Aaron's sons you shall make tunics and sashes and headdresses; you shall make them for their glorious adornment.
41You shall put them on your brother Aaron, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.
42You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh; they shall reach from the hips to the thighs;
43Aaron and his sons shall wear them when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; or they will bring guilt on themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.
Chapter 29.
1Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
2and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. You shall make them of choice wheat flour.
3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams.
4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.
5Then you shall take the vestments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the decorated band of the ephod;
6and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy diadem on the turban.
7You shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head and anoint him.
8Then you shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them,
9and you shall gird them with sashes and tie headdresses on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual ordinance. You shall then ordain Aaron and his sons.
10You shall bring the bull in front of the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull,
11and you shall slaughter the bull before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,
12and shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and all the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.
13You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and turn them into smoke on the altar.
14But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
15Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,
16and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and dash it against all sides of the altar.
17Then you shall cut the ram into its parts, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its parts and its head,
18and turn the whole ram into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
19You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,
20and you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the lobes of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and dash the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
21Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his vestments and on his sons and his sons' vestments with him; then he and his vestments shall be holy, as well as his sons and his sons' vestments.
22You shall also take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),
23and one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord;
24and you shall place all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and raise them as an elevation offering before the Lord.
25Then you shall take them from their hands, and turn them into smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering of pleasing odor before the Lord; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.
26You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and raise it as an elevation offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion.
27You shall consecrate the breast that was raised as an elevation offering and the thigh that was raised as an elevation offering from the ram of ordination, from that which belonged to Aaron and his sons.
28These things shall be a perpetual ordinance for Aaron and his sons from the Israelites, for this is an offering; and it shall be an offering by the Israelites from their sacrifice of offerings of well-being, their offering to the Lord.
29The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed on to his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.
30The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
31You shall take the ram of ordination, and boil its flesh in a holy place;
32and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
33They themselves shall eat the food by which atonement is made, to ordain and consecrate them, but no one else shall eat of them, because they are holy.
34If any of the flesh for the ordination, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, just as I have commanded you; through seven days you shall ordain them.
36Also every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.
37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
38Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old regularly each day.
39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening;
40and with the first lamb one-tenth of a measure of choice flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
41And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
42It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.
43I will meet with the Israelites there, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;
44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate, to serve me as priests.
45I will dwell among the Israelites, and I will be their God. 46And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.
Chapter 30.
1You shall make an altar on which to offer incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
2It shall be one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it shall be square, and shall be two cubits high; its horns shall be of one piece with it.
3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.
4And you shall make two golden rings for it; under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall hold the poles with which to carry it.
5You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6You shall place it in front of the curtain that is above the ark of the covenant, in front of the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
7Aaron shall offer fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall offer it,
8and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall offer it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.
9You shall not offer unholy incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.
10Once a year Aaron shall perform the rite of atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations he shall perform the atonement for it once a year with the blood of the atoning sin offering. It is most holy to the Lord.
11The Lord spoke to Moses:
12When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, at registration all of them shall give a ransom for their lives to the Lord, so that no plague may come upon them for being registered.
13This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
14Each one who is registered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering.
15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you bring this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives.
16You shall take the atonement money from the Israelites and shall designate it for the service of the tent of meeting; before the Lord it will be a reminder to the Israelites of the ransom given for your lives.
17The Lord spoke to Moses:
18You shall make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it;
19with the water Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
20When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to make an offering by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.
21They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die: it shall be a perpetual ordinance for them, for him and for his descendants throughout their generations.
22The Lord spoke to Moses:
23Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred fifty, and two hundred fifty of aromatic cane,
24and five hundred of cassia — measured by the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil;
25and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
26With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the covenant,
27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
28and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand;
29you shall consecrate them, so that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.
30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, in order that they may serve me as priests.
31You shall say to the Israelites, "This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
32It shall not be used in any ordinary anointing of the body, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
33Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an unqualified person shall be cut off from the people."
34The Lord said to Moses: Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (an equal part of each),
35and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy;
36and you shall beat some of it into powder, and put part of it before the covenant in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy.
37When you make incense according to this composition, you shall not make it for yourselves; it shall be regarded by you as holy to the Lord.
38Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from the people.
Chapter 31.
1The Lord spoke to Moses:
2See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
3and I have filled him with divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft,
4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,
5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, in every kind of craft.
6Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:
7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the covenant, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,
8the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
9and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand,
10and the finely worked vestments, the holy vestments for the priest Aaron and the vestments of his sons, for their service as priests,
11and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place. They shall do just as I have commanded you.
12The Lord said to Moses:
13You yourself are to speak to the Israelites: "You shall keep my sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
14You shall keep the sabbath, because it is holy for you; everyone who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it shall be cut off from among the people.
15Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.
16Therefore the Israelites shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.
17It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
18When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of
God.