Exodus:4:18-6

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* And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law , and said to him , Please let me go and return to my brothers who [are ] in Egypt and see if they [are ] still alive . And Jethro said to Moses , Go in peace . * And the LORD said to Moses in Midian , Go ! Return to Egypt , for all the men who sought your life are dead . * And Moses took his wife and his sons , and set them upon an ass , and he returned to the land of Egypt . And Moses took the rod of God in his hand . * And the LORD said to Moses , When you go to return into Egypt , see that you do all those wonders which I have put in your hand before Pharaoh ; but I will harden his heart , that he shall not let the people go . * And you shall say to Pharaoh , Thus says the Lord : Israel [is ] My son , My first-born . * And I say to you , Let My son go , that he may serve Me . And if you refuse to let him go , behold , I [am ] going to kill your son , your first-born . * And it happened by the way , in the inn , that the LORD met him and sought to kill him . * And Zipporah took a sharp stone , and cut off the foreskin of her son , and threw [it ] at his feet , and said , Surely a bloody husband you [are ] to me . * So He let him go . Then she said , [You are ] a bloody husband , because of the circumcision . * And the LORD said to Aaron , Go into the wilderness to meet Moses . And he went and met him in the mount of God , and kissed him . * And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him , and all the signs which He had commanded him . * And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel . * And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses , and did the signs in the sight of the people . * And the people believed . And when they heard that the LORD had visited the sons of Israel , and that He had looked upon their affliction , then they bowed and worshiped . * And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * You shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation on the first day of the first month . * And you shall put the ark of the testimony in it , and you shall cover the ark with the veil . * And you shall bring the table in , and set in order its arrangement . And you shall bring the lampstand in and light the lamps of it . * And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense in front of the ark of the testimony , and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle . * And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering in front of the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation . * And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar , and shall put water in it . * And you shall set up the court all around , and place the screen at the court gate . * And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle , and all in it , and shall sanctify it and all the vessels of it . And it shall be holy . * And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering , and all its vessels , and sanctify the altar . And it shall be a most holy altar . * And you shall anoint the laver and its base , and sanctify it . * And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , and wash them with water . * And you shall put the holy garments on Aaron , and anoint him and sanctify him , so that he may minister to Me in the priest 's office . * And you shall bring his sons and clothe them [with ] tunics . * And you shall anoint them , even as you anointed their father , so that they may minister to Me in the priest 's office . For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood for their generations . * And Moses did so . According to all that the LORD commanded him , so he did . * And it will be in the first month in the second year , on the first of the month , the tabernacle was reared up . * And Moses reared up the tabernacle and fastened its sockets , and set up its boards , and put in its bars , and reared up its pillars . * And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he took and placed the Testimony into the ark , and set the staves on the ark , and put the mercy-seat on the ark from above . * And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the covering , and covered the Ark of Testimony , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he put the table in the tent of the congregation , on the side of the tabernacle northward , outside the veil . * And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD , even as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And he put the lampstand in the tent of the congregation across from the table , on the side of the tabernacle southward . * And he set up the lamps before the LORD , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation in front of the veil . * And he burned sweet incense on it , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he set up the screen [at ] the door of the tabernacle . * And he put the altar of burnt offering [by ] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation , and offered on it the burnt offering and the food offering , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar , and put water there , for washing . * And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there . * When they went into the tent of the congregation , and when they came near the altar , they washed , even as the LORD commanded Moses . * And he reared up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar , and set up the screen of the court gate . And Moses finished the work . * And the cloud covered the tabernacle of the congregation , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of the congregation because the cloud stayed on it , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle , the sons of Israel journeyed on in all their journeys . * But if the cloud was not taken up , then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up . * For the cloud of the LORD [was ] upon the tabernacle by day , and fire was on it by night , in the sight of all the house of Israel , in all their journeys .

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