circa 1446 BC
Sinai & The Law
God meets Israel at Mount Sinai, reveals the Ten Commandments, and establishes the Tabernacle and the priestly covenant.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
¶ And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Exodus 34:29c. 1491 BC
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
- Exodus 34:30c. 1491 BC
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
- Exodus 34:31c. 1491 BC
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
- Exodus 34:32c. 1491 BC
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
- Exodus 34:33c. 1491 BC
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
- Exodus 34:34c. 1491 BC
But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
- Exodus 34:35c. 1491 BC
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
- Exodus 35:1c. 1491 BC
¶ And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
- Exodus 35:2c. 1491 BC
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
- Exodus 35:3c. 1491 BC
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
- Exodus 35:4c. 1491 BC
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
- Exodus 35:5c. 1491 BC
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
- Exodus 35:6c. 1491 BC
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
- Exodus 35:7c. 1491 BC
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
- Exodus 35:8c. 1491 BC
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- Exodus 35:9c. 1491 BC
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:10c. 1491 BC
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
- Exodus 35:11c. 1491 BC
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
- Exodus 35:12c. 1491 BC
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
- Exodus 35:13c. 1491 BC
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
- Exodus 35:14c. 1491 BC
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
- Exodus 35:15c. 1491 BC
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
- Exodus 35:16c. 1491 BC
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,