Exodus 33-35 - Prayer Tents

33The LORD said to Moses, "Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, 'I will give this land to your descendants.'H3068H1696H4872H3212H5927H5971H5927H776H4714H776H7650H85H3327H3290H559H2233H5414 2And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.H7971H4397H6440H1644H3669H567H2850H6522H2340H2983 3Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way."H776H2100H2461H1706H5927H7130H7186H6203H5971H3615H1870 4When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.H5971H8085H7451H1697H56H376H7896H5716 5For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, "You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you."H3068H559H4872H559H1121H3478H7186H6203H5971H5927H7130H259H7281H3615H3381H5716H3045H6213 6So from the time they left Mount Sinai, the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.H1121H3478H5337H5716H2022H2722 7It was Moses' practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.H4872H3947H168H5186H2351H4264H7368H4264H7121H168H4150H1245H3068H3318H168H4150H2351H4264 8Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside.H4872H3318H168H5971H6965H5324H376H168H6607H5027H310H4872H935H168 9As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.H4872H935H168H6051H5982H3381H5975H6607H168H1696H4872 10When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents.H5971H7200H6051H5982H5975H168H6607H5971H6965H7812H376H168H6607 11Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.H3068H1696H4872H6440H6440H376H1696H7453H7725H4264H8334H3091H1121H5126H5288H4185H8432H168

Moses Sees the Lord’s Glory

12One day Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me, 'Take these people up to the Promised Land.' But you haven't told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, 'I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.'H4872H559H3068H7200H559H5927H5971H3045H7971H559H3045H8034H4672H2580H5869 13If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people."H4672H2580H5869H3045H1870H3045H4672H2580H5869H7200H1471H5971 14The LORD replied, "I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you."H559H6440H3212H5117 15Then Moses said, "If you don't personally go with us, don't make us leave this place.H559H6440H1980H5927 16How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don't go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth."H3045H645H5971H4672H2580H5869H3212H6395H5971H5971H6440H127 17The LORD replied to Moses, "I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name."H3068H559H4872H6213H1697H1696H4672H2580H5869H3045H8034 18Moses responded, "Then show me your glorious presence."H559H4994H7200H3519 19The LORD replied, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.H559H2898H5674H7121H8034H3068H6440H2603H2603H7355H7355 20But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live."H559H3201H7200H6440H120H7200H2425 21The LORD continued, "Look, stand near me on this rock.H3068H559H4725H5324H6697 22As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.H3519H5674H7760H5366H6697H5526H3709H5704H5674 23Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen."H5493H3709H7200H268H6440H7200

A New Copy of the Covenant

34Then the LORD told Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.H3068H559H4872H6458H8147H3871H68H7223H3789H3871H1697H7223H3871H7665 2Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.H3559H1242H5927H1242H2022H5514H5324H7218H2022 3No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain."H376H5927H408H376H7200H2022H6629H1241H7462H4136H2022 4So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.H6458H8147H3871H68H7223H4872H7925H1242H5927H2022H5514H3068H6680H3947H3027H8147H3871H68 5Then the LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.H3068H3381H6051H3320H7121H8034H3068 6The LORD passed in front of Moses, calling out, "Yahweh! The LORD! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.H3068H5674H6440H7121H3068H3068H410H7349H2587H750H639H7227H2617H571 7I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations."H5341H2617H505H5375H5771H6588H2403H5352H5352H6485H5771H1H1121H1121H8029H7256 8Moses immediately threw himself to the ground and worshiped.H4872H4116H6915H776H7812 9And he said, "O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession."H559H4672H2580H5869H136H136H3212H7130H7186H6203H5971H5545H5771H2403H5157 10The LORD replied, "Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been performed 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 for you.H559H3772H1285H5971H6213H6381H1254H776H1471H5971H7130H7200H4639H3068H3372H6213 11But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.H8104H6680H3117H1644H6440H567H3669H2850H6522H2340H2983 12"Be very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped.H8104H3772H1285H3427H776H935H4170H7130 13Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.H5422H4196H7665H4676H3772H842 14You must worship no other gods, for the LORD, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.H7812H312H410H3068H8034H7067H7067H410 15"You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them.H3772H1285H3427H776H2181H310H430H2076H430H7121H398H2077 16Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.H3947H1323H1121H1323H2181H310H430H2181H1121H2181H310H430 17You must not make any gods of molten metal for yourselves.H6213H4541H430 18"You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.H2282H4682H8104H7651H3117H398H4682H6680H4150H2320H24H2320H24H3318H4714 19"The firstborn of every animal belongs to me, including the firstborn males from your herds of cattle and your flocks of sheep and goats.H6363H7358H6363H4735H7794H7716H2142 20A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the LORD by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son. "No one may appear before me without an offering.H6363H2543H6299H7716H6299H6202H1060H1121H6299H7200H6440H7387 21"You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.H8337H3117H5647H7637H3117H7673H2758H7105H7673 22"You must 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.H6213H2282H7620H1061H2406H7105H2282H614H8141H8622 23Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD, the God of Israel.H6471H7969H8141H2138H7200H6440H113H3068H430H3478 24I will drive out the other nations ahead of you and expand your territory, so no one will covet and conquer your land while you appear before the LORD your God three times each year.H3423H1471H6440H7337H1366H376H2530H776H5927H7200H6440H3068H430H6471H7969H8141 25"You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And none of the meat of the Passover sacrifice may be kept over until the next morning.H7819H1818H2077H2557H2077H2282H6453H3885H1242 26"As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."H7225H1061H127H935H1004H3068H430H1310H1423H517H2461 27Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down all these instructions, for they represent the terms of the covenant I am making with you and with Israel."H3068H559H4872H3789H1697H6310H1697H3772H1285H3478 28Moses remained there on the mountain with the LORD forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the LORD wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets.H3068H705H3117H705H3915H398H3899H8354H4325H3789H3871H1697H1285H6235H1697 29When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, he wasn't aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the LORD.H4872H3381H2022H5514H8147H3871H5715H4872H3027H3381H2022H4872H3045H5785H6440H7160H1696 30So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses' face, they were afraid to come near him.H175H1121H3478H7200H4872H5785H6440H7160H3372H5066 31But Moses called out to them and asked Aaron and all the leaders of the community to come over, and he talked with them.H4872H7121H175H5387H5712H7725H4872H1696 32Then all the people of Israel approached him, and Moses gave them all the instructions the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.H310H1121H3478H5066H6680H3068H1696H2022H5514 33When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil.H4872H3615H1696H5414H4533H6440 34But whenever he went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he would remove the veil until he came out again. Then he would give the people whatever instructions the LORD had given him,H4872H935H6440H3068H1696H5493H4533H5493H3318H3318H1696H1121H3478H6680 35and the people of Israel would see the radiant glow of his face. So he would put the veil over his face until he returned to speak with the LORD.H1121H3478H7200H6440H4872H5785H4872H6440H7160H4872H7725H4533H6440H7725H935H1696

Instructions for the Sabbath

35Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, "These are the instructions the LORD has commanded you to follow.H4872H6950H5712H1121H3478H6950H559H1697H3068H6680H6213 2You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.H8337H3117H4399H6213H7637H3117H6944H7676H7677H3068H6213H4399H4191 3You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath."H1197H784H4186H7676H3117

Offerings for the Tabernacle

4Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded.H4872H559H5712H1121H3478H559H1697H3068H6680H559 5Take a sacred offering for the LORD. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;H3947H8641H3068H3605H5081H3820H935H8641H3068H2091H3701H5178 6blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;H8504H713H8144H8438H8336H5795 7tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;H352H5785H119H8476H5785H7848H6086 8olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;H8081H3974H1314H4888H8081H5561H7004 9onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.H7718H68H68H4394H646H2833 10"Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the LORD has commanded.H2450H3820H935H6213H3068H6680 11the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;H4908H168H4372H7165H7175H1280H5982H134 12the Ark and its carrying poles; the Ark's cover—the place of atonement; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;H727H905H3727H6532H4539 13the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils; the Bread of the Presence;H7979H905H3627H6440H3899 14for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;H4501H3974H3627H5216H8081H3974 15the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;H7004H4196H905H4888H8081H5561H7004H4539H6607H4908 16the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;H4196H5930H5178H4345H905H3627H3595H3653 17the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;H7050H2691H5982H134H4539H8179H2691 18the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;H3489H4908H3489H2691H4340 19the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests."H899H8278H8334H6944H6944H899H175H3548H899H1121H3547 20So the whole community of Israel left Moses and returned to their tents.H5712H1121H3478H3318H6440H4872 21All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle, for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.H935H376H834H3820H5375H7307H5068H935H3068H8641H4399H168H4150H5656H6944H899 22Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the LORD their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the LORD.H935H5921H582H802H3605H5081H3820H935H2397H5141H2885H3558H3627H2091H376H5130H8573H2091H3068 23All those who owned the following items willingly brought them: blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; and tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather.H376H4672H8504H713H8144H8438H8336H5795H119H5785H352H8476H5785H935 24And all who had silver and bronze objects gave them as a sacred offering to the LORD. And those who had acacia wood brought it for use in the project.H7311H8641H3701H5178H935H3068H8641H4672H7848H6086H4399H5656H935 25All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen cloth.H802H2450H3820H2901H3027H935H4299H8504H713H8144H8438H8336 26All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.H802H3820H5375H2451H2901H5795 27The leaders brought onyx stones and the special gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.H5387H935H7718H68H68H4394H646H2833 28They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense.H1314H8081H3974H4888H8081H5561H7004 29So the people of Israel—every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the LORD had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the LORD.H1121H3478H935H5071H3068H376H802H834H3820H5068H935H4399H3068H6680H6213H3027H4872 30Then Moses told the people of Israel, "The LORD has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.H4872H559H1121H3478H7200H3068H7121H8034H1212H1121H221H1121H2354H4294H3063 31The LORD has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.H4390H7307H430H2451H8394H1847H4399 32He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze.H2803H4284H6213H2091H3701H5178 33He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood. He is a master at every craft.H2799H68H4390H2799H6086H6213H4284H4399 34And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.H5414H3820H3384H171H1121H294H4294H1835 35The LORD has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers.H4390H2451H3820H6213H4399H2796H2803H7551H8504H713H8144H8438H8336H707H6213H3605H4399H2803H4284