Exodus:4:18-6

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* So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law , and said to him , "Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt , and see whether they are still alive ." And Jethro said to Moses , "Go in peace ." * Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian , "Go , return to Egypt ; for all the men who sought your life are dead ." * Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey , 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 back to Egypt , see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand . But I will harden his heart , so that he will not let the people go . * Then you shall say to Pharaoh , "Thus says the LORD : "Israel is My son , My firstborn . * So I say to you , let My son go that he may serve Me . But if you refuse to let him go , indeed I will kill your son , your firstborn .""' * And it came to pass on the way , at the encampment , that the LORD met him and sought to kill him . * Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses ' feet , and said , "Surely you are a husband of blood to me !" * So He let him go . Then she said , "You are a husband of blood !"--because of the circumcision . * And the LORD said to Aaron , "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses ." So he went and met him on the mountain of God , and kissed him . * So Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him , and all the signs which He had commanded him . * Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel . * And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses . Then he did the signs in the sight of the people . * So the people believed ; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction , then they bowed their heads and worshiped . * Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying : * "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony , and partition off the ark with the veil . * You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it ; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps . * You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony , and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle . * Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water in it . * You shall set up the court all around , and hang up the screen at the court gate . * "And you shall take the anointing oil , and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it ; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils , and it shall be holy . * You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils , and consecrate the altar . The altar shall be most holy . * And you shall anoint the laver and its base , and consecrate it . * "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water . * You shall put the holy garments on Aaron , and anoint him and consecrate him , that he may minister to Me as priest . * And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics . * You shall anoint them , as you anointed their father , that they may minister to Me as priests ; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations ." * Thus Moses did ; according to all that the LORD had commanded him , so he did . * And it came to pass in the first month of the second year , on the first day of the month , that the tabernacle was raised up . * So Moses raised up the tabernacle , fastened its sockets , set up its boards , put in its bars , and raised up its pillars . * And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He took the Testimony and put it into the ark , inserted the poles through the rings of the ark , and put the mercy seat on top of the ark . * And he brought the ark into the tabernacle , hung up the veil of the covering , and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting , on the north side of the tabernacle , outside the veil ; * and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting , across from the table , on the south side of the tabernacle ; * and he lit the lamps before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil ; * and he burned sweet incense on it , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle . * And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting , and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water there for washing ; * and Moses , Aaron , and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it . * Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting , and when they came near the altar , they washed , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar , and hung up the screen of the court gate . So Moses finished the work . * Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting , because the cloud rested above it , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle , the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys . * But if the cloud was not taken up , then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up . * For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day , and fire was over it by night , in the sight of all the house of Israel , throughout all their journeys .

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