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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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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 the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
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But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
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The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
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So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”
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But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
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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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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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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.
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“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: holy to the Lord.
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“Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh.
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Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. “This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.
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The son who succeeds him as priest and comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place is to wear them seven days.
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For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.
