The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (with Cross-References): Old and New Testaments

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At that time people began nto call upon the name of the LORD.

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24At a lodging place on the way fthe LORD met him and gsought to put him to death.

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9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and dseventy of the elders of Israel ewent up, 10and they fsaw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of gsapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and hate and drank.

‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.

2And lhe shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Killed At the entrance - death made the way in possible

3if it is the anointed priest who wsins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then

Why it's important to have a perfect high priest

31Because he has ydespised the word of the LORD and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.”

Israel

Name of the leader imputed to his people.

tOh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me

and to keep all my commandments, uthat it might go well with them and with their descendants [5] forever!

18Then I xlay prostrate before the LORD yas before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, zin doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke him to anger.

Moses attempts to be the mediator between God and man. why a human priest is no good .

LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession,

We are his treasured possession .

cForty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

And they were in terrible distress.

When you forget God...

Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more.

Amazing how confident people were talking to God...

and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to the one who works [1] wonders,

As long as he lives, he is lent to the LORD.”

"lent"

21And zdo not turn aside after aempty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, xto obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.