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and worked them ruthlessly.
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They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
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But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!”
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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
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Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
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Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’”
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The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”
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Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”
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On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
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but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.
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Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
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You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
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Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.
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“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.
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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.
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“Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
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“For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.
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“For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer—with four posts and four bases.
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Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.
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The Ephod
“Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen—the work of skilled hands.
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The Breastpiece
“Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions—the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.
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“Weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen. The sash is to be the work of an embroiderer.
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Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.
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and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred.
