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One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead them across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.
God replied, “Don't come any closer. Take off your sandals—the ground where you are standing is holy.
Our Lord compare with you— Majestic and holy! Fearsome and glorious! Miracle worker!
The people you rescued were led by your powerful love to your holy place.
Moses replied, “The people cannot come up the mountain. You warned us to stay away because it is holy.”
The table is to be kept in the holy place, and the sacred loaves of bread must always be on it. All bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings are to be made of pure gold and set on this table. Lord
Make a curtain to separate the holy place from the most holy place. Use fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Cover four acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a silver stand. Then fasten gold hooks to the posts and hang the curtain there.
Inside the most holy place, put the sacred chest that has the place of mercy on its lid.
Outside the most holy place, as you face the curtain, put the table for the sacred bread on the right side and the gold lampstand on the left.
in front of the curtain that separates the holy place from the most holy place, where the sacred chest is kept. Aaron and his sons are responsible for keeping the lamp burning every night in the sacred tent. The Israelites must always obey this command. Lord
Put two onyx stones in gold settings, then attach one to each of the shoulder straps. On one of these stones engrave the names of Israel's first six sons in the order of their birth. And do the same with his remaining six sons on the other stone. In this way Aaron will always carry the names of the tribes of Israel when he enters the holy place, and I will never forget my people.
In this way Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written on his heart each time he enters the holy place, and I will never forget my people.
If Aaron wears these clothes when he enters the holy place as my high priest, the sound of the bells will be heard, and his life will not be in danger.
Whenever they enter the sacred tent or serve at the altar or enter the holy place, they must wear these shorts, or else they will be guilty and die. This same rule applies to any of their descendants who serve as priests. Lord
Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin and as a way of purifying the altar. In addition, you must smear the altar with olive oil to make it completely holy.
Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy. Lord
You and your descendants must always offer this sacrifice on the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent. People of Israel, I will meet and speak with you there, and my shining glory will make the place holy.
By dedicating them in this way, you will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy.
and say to the people of Israel: “This oil must always be used in the ordination service of a priest. It is holy because it is dedicated to the Lord .
So treat it as holy! Don't ever use it for everyday purposes or mix any for yourselves.
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But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: ''Why, this is what we were fed with before,'' for they are given things in similitudes; and they have therein pure (and holy) companions; and they abide therein (for ever).
Behold, your Lord said to the angels: ''I will create a vicegerent on earth.'' They said: ''Will You place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood? - while we do celebrate Your praises and glorify Your holy (name)?'' He said: ''I know what you do not know.''
We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of Messengers; We gave Jesus the son of Mary clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you a Messenger with what you yourselves do not desire, you are puffed up with pride? - some you called impostors, and others you slay!
So when you have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate the praises of Allah, as you used to celebrate the praises of your fathers, - yes, with far more heart and soul. There are men who say: ''Our Lord! Give us (Your bounties) in this world!'' But they will have no portion in the Hereafter.
Those Messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: to one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honor); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave Clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after Clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah fulfillls His plan.
Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers flowing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with Companions pure (and holy); and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are (all) His servants.
But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath, - their eternal home: therein shall they have Companions pure and holy: We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.
''O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has assigned to you, and do not turn back ignominiously, for then you will be overthrown, to your own ruin.''
Then will Allah say: ''O Jesus the son of Mary! recount My favor to you and to your mother. Behold! I strengthened you with the holy spirit, so that you spoke to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel. And behold! you made out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My leave, and you healed those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! you brought forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) you when you showed them the Clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: `This is nothing but evident magic.'
Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from your Lord in Truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and Glad Tidings to Muslims.
He said: ''Nay, I am only a messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a holy son.''
Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god; - the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme: Glory to Allah! (High is He) above the partners they attribute to Him.
Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, declares the Praises and Glory of Allah, - the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Upon them will be green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and they will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give to them to drink a drink pure and holy.
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
A Messenger from Allah, rehearsing scriptures kept pure and holy:
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