Exodus 35

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The Sabbath

¹Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:

¹And Moses gathered together all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “These are the words that YHWH has commanded—to do them:

²For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

²Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day shall be for you holy, a Sabbath of complete rest to YHWH. Every doer of work on it shall be put to death.

³Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

³You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Offerings for the Tabernacle

⁴Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

⁴And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word that YHWH has commanded, saying,

⁵Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD:

gold, silver, and bronze;

⁵take from among you a contribution to YHWH; everyone of a willing heart, he shall bring it as a contribution to YHWH: gold, and silver, and bronze,

⁶blue, purple, and scarlet yarn;

fine linen and goat hair;

⁶and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; and fine linen, and goats’ hair;

⁷ram skins dyed red and fine leather;^a

acacia wood;

⁷and ram skins dyed red, and badger skins; and acacia wood;

⁸olive oil for the light;

spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

⁸and oil for the light; and spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices;

⁹and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

⁹and onyx stones, and stones as settings for the ephod and for the breastplate.

The Skilled Craftsmen

¹⁰Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:

¹⁰And all wise of heart among you shall come, and they shall make all that YHWH has commanded:

¹¹the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;

¹¹The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

¹²the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

¹²the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;

¹³the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

¹³the table and its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;

¹⁴the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;

¹⁴and the lampstand of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of the light;

¹⁵the altar of incense with its poles;

the anointing oil and fragrant incense;

the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

¹⁵and the altar of incense and its poles; and the anointing oil and the incense; of spices and the screen of the door for the entrance of the tabernacle;

¹⁶the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils;

the basin with its stand;

¹⁶the altar of the burnt offering and the bronze grate that is for it, its poles and all its vessels; the basin and its stand;

¹⁷the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;

¹⁷the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen of the gate of the court;

¹⁸the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;

¹⁸the pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

¹⁹and 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.”

¹⁹the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister as priests.”

The People Offer Gifts

²⁰Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.

²⁰And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from before the face of Moses.

²¹And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

²¹And they came in—every man whom his heart lifted him and everyone whom his spirit impelled him—and they brought a contribution of YHWH for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

²²So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

²²And they came in, the men, man along with the women—everyone willing of heart—they brought hooks and earrings and rings and necklaces, every article of gold, and everyone who waved a wave offering of gold to YHWH.

²³Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.

²³And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams skins dyed red, and badger skins, brought them in.

²⁴And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

²⁴Everyone lifting a contribution of silver and bronze brought in a contribution of YHWH. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for every work of the service brought it.

²⁵Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

²⁵And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they brought in what she had spun of the blue and the purple, of the scarlet yarn and of the fine linen.

²⁶And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.

²⁶And all the women whose heart was lifted up with wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

²⁷The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

²⁷And the rulers brought the onyx stones and stones as the settings for the ephod and for the breastplate,

²⁸as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

²⁸and the spice, and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices.

²⁹So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

²⁹Every man and woman whose heart impelled him to bring in for all the work that YHWH had commanded to be done by the hand of Moses—the sons of Israel brought a freewill offering to YHWH.

Bezalel and Oholiab

³⁰Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

³⁰And Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, YHWH has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

³¹And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

³¹And He has filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship,

³²to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

³²and to design artistic works, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze,

³³to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

³³and in cutting stone for setting, and in cutting wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

³⁴And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

³⁴And to teach He has given in his heart—he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

³⁵He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.

³⁵He has filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work of an engraver and designer and weaver in the blue and the purple, in the scarlet yarn, and in the fine linen, and of a weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.