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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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Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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Jacob’s Children
When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.
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She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
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His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.
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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to 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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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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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.
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Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the Lord.”
