3. The Covenant “ Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:5,6)
4. The Jealous God “ You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the L ORD your God, am a jealous God…” (Exodus 20:3,4)
5. The Sabbath “ Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the L ORD your God. On it you shall not do any work… for in six days the L ORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the L ORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” (Exodus 20:8-11)
6. The Tabernacle “ Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give… Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.” (Exodus 25:2-9)
7. The sacrifice of giving “ Moses said to the whole Israelite community, ‘This is what the L ORD has commanded: From what you have , take an offering for the L ORD . Everyone who is willing is to bring to the L ORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows;
8. The sacrifice of giving acaia wood; olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the LORD has commanded…”
9. The sacrifice of giving “ Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the L ORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.
10. The sacrifice of giving All who were willing, men and women alike… All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.”
11. The sacrifice of giving “… And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done.’
12. The sacrifice of giving Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: ‘No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.’ And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.” (Exodus 35:4 – 36:7)
