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Exodus 34

The Second Set of Commandments

(Deuteronomy 10.1-5)

    ⁵The LORD God came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain. God spoke his holy name, " the LORD." ^{[a] 6}Then he passed in front of Moses and called out, " I am the LORD God. I am merciful and very patient with my people. I show great love, and I can be trusted. ⁷I keep my promises to my people forever, but I also punish anyone who sins. When people sin, I punish them and their children, and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren." ⁸Moses quickly bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD. ⁹He prayed, " LORD, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious, but forgive our sin and let us be your people."

A Promise and Its Demands

(Exodus 23.14-19; Deuteronomy 7.1-5; 16.1-17)

   I promise to perform miracles for you that have never been seen anywhere on earth. Neighboring nations will stand in fear and know that I was the one who did these marvelous things. ¹¹I will force out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, but you must do what I command you today. ¹²Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap. ¹³Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles ^[b] they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah. ¹⁴I demand your complete loyalty--you must not worship any other god! ¹⁵Don't make treaties with the people there, or you will soon find yourselves worshiping their gods and taking part in their sacrificial meals. ¹⁶Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods. ¹⁷Don't make metal images of gods.

    ¹⁸Don't fail to observe the Festival of Thin Bread in the month of Abib. ^[c] Obey me and eat bread without yeast for seven days during Abib, because that is the month you left Egypt. ¹⁹The first-born males of your families and of your flocks and herds belong to me.

    ²⁰You can save the life of a first-born donkey ^[d] by sacrificing a lamb; if you don't, you must break the donkey's neck. You must save every first-born son. Bring an offering every time you come to worship.

    ²¹Do your work in six days and rest on the seventh day, even during the seasons for plowing and harvesting. ²²Celebrate the Harvest Festival ^[e] each spring when you start harvesting your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters ^[f] each autumn when you pick your fruit. ²³Your men must come to worship me three times a year, because I am the LORD God of Israel. ²⁴I will force the nations out of your land and enlarge your borders. Then no one will try to take your property when you come to worship me these three times each year.

    ²⁵When you sacrifice an animal on the altar, don't offer bread made with yeast. And don't save any part of the Passover meal for the next day.

    ²⁶I am the LORD your God, and you must bring the first part of your harvest to the place of worship.

   Don't boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

    ²⁷The LORD told Moses to put these laws in writing, as part of his agreement with Israel. ²⁸Moses stayed on the mountain with the LORD for forty days and nights, without eating or drinking. And he wrote down the Ten Commandments, the most important part of God's agreement with his people.

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai

    ³³The face of Moses kept shining, and after he had spoken with the people, he covered his face with a veil. ³⁴Moses would always remove the veil when he went into the sacred tent to speak with the LORD. And when he came out, he would tell the people everything the LORD had told him to say. ³⁵They could see that his face was still shining. So after he had spoken with them, he would put the veil back on and leave it on until the next time he went to speak with the LORD.

Exodus 35

Laws for the Sabbath

    ²You have six days in which to do your work. But the seventh day must be dedicated to me, your LORD, as a day of rest. Whoever works on the Sabbath will be put to death. ³Don't even build a cooking fire at home on the Sabbath.

Offerings for the Sacred Tent

(Exodus 25.1-9; 35.10-19)

    ⁵I would welcome an offering from anyone who wants to give something. You may bring gold, silver, or bronze; ⁶blue, purple, or red wool; fine linen; goat hair; ⁷tanned ram skin or fine leather; acacia wood; ⁸olive oil for the lamp; sweet-smelling spices for the oil of dedication and for the incense; or ⁹onyx ^[g] stones or other gems for the sacred vest and breastpiece. ¹⁰If you have any skills, you should use them to help make what I have commanded: ¹¹the sacred tent with its covering and hooks, its framework and crossbars, and its post and stands; ¹²the sacred chest with its carrying poles, its place of mercy, and the curtain in front of it; ¹³the table with all that goes on it, including the sacred bread; ¹⁴the lamp with its equipment and oil; ¹⁵the incense altar with its carrying poles and sweet-smelling incense; the ordination oil; the curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent; ¹⁶the altar for sacrifices with its bronze grating, its carrying poles, and its equipment; the large bronze bowl with its stand; ¹⁷the curtains with the posts and stands that go around the courtyard; ¹⁸the pegs and ropes for the tent and the courtyard; ¹⁹and the finely woven priestly clothes for Aaron and his sons.

Gifts for the LORD

    ²⁵The women who were good at weaving cloth brought the blue, purple, and red wool and the fine linen they had made. ²⁶And the women who knew how to make cloth from goat hair were glad to do so.

    ²⁷The leaders brought different kinds of jewels to be sewn on the special clothes and the breastpiece for the high priest. ²⁸They also brought sweet-smelling spices to be mixed with the incense and olive oil that were for the lamps and for ordaining the priests. ²⁹Moses had told the people what the LORD wanted them to do, and many of them decided to bring their gifts.

Bezalel and Oholiab

(Exodus 31.1-11)

   The LORD has chosen Bezalel ^[h] of the Judah tribe. ^31-33Not only has the LORD filled him with his Spirit, but he has given him wisdom and made him a skilled craftsman who can create objects of art with gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. ³⁴The LORD is urging him and Oholiab ^[i] from the tribe of Dan to teach others. ³⁵And he has given them all kinds of artistic skills, including the ability to design and embroider with blue, purple, and red wool and to weave fine linen.

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Life in the Future World

(Mark 12.18-27; Luke 20.27-40)

    ²⁴Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.

    ²⁵Once there were seven brothers who lived here. The first one married, but died without having any children. So his wife was left to his brother. ²⁶The same thing happened to the second and third brothers and finally to all seven of them. ²⁷At last the woman died. ²⁸When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? She had been married to all seven brothers.

    ²⁹Jesus answered:

   You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God. ³⁰When God raises people to life, they won't marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. ³¹And as for people being raised to life, God was speaking to you when he said, ³²"I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." ^[a] He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. ³³The crowds were surprised to hear what Jesus was teaching.

The Most Important Commandment

(Mark 12.28-34; Luke 10.25-28)

    ³⁷Jesus answered:

   Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. ³⁸This is the first and most important commandment. ³⁹The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, "Love others as much as you love yourself." ⁴⁰All the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets ^[b] are based on these two commandments.

About David's Son

(Mark 12.35-37; Luke 20.41-44)

   They answered, "He will be a son of King David." ^{[c] 43}Jesus replied, "How then could the Spirit lead David to call the Messiah his Lord? David said,

    ⁴⁴'The Lord said to my Lord:

   Sit at my right side ^[d] until I make your enemies

   into a footstool for you.'

    ⁴⁵If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah be a son of King David?" ⁴⁶No one was able to give Jesus an answer, and from that day on, no one dared ask him any more questions.