Moses and the Burning Bush

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”

(An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)

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.

But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

The Ten Commandments

And God spoke all these words:

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

The Tabernacle

“Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

“Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.

Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.

As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.

The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.

Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.

Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,

“For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.

“The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases.

All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.

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.

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

“Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.