Quotes About Tradition

The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its motherís milk.”

Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,

alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.

Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.

Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.