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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”
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So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
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Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
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As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
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You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
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Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
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But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
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And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.
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Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
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Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
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“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
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In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
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He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”
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So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.
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you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
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Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
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“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
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For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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“You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.
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Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
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Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.
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“Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the Lord.
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Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he comes out, so that he will not die.
