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Exodus 35:4-10
Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying,“ This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,‘ Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.“‘ Let every wise- hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
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Exodus 25:1-11
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, bronze,blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.“ They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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Psalms 16:2-3
My soul, you have said to Yahweh,“ You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
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Titus 3:8
This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
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Ephesians 4:11-13
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
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Isaiah 42:1-7
“ Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:“ I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
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Isaiah 49:1-8
Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.He said to me,“ You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”But I said,“ I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.Indeed, he says,“ It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers:“ Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”Yahweh says,“ I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,