The Sabbath Emphasized
35 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “(A)These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to [a]do:
2 “(B)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, (C)a sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; (D)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 (E)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”
4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, 5 ‘(F)Take from among you a [b]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the Lord’s [c]contribution: gold, silver, and [d]bronze, 6 and [e]blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7 and rams’ skins [f]dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [g]breastpiece.
Tabernacle Workmen
10 ‘(G)Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the [h](H)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its [i]sockets; 12 the (I)ark and its poles, the [j]mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; 13 the (J)table and its poles, and all its [k]utensils, and the bread of the [l]Presence; 14 the (K)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light; 15 and the (L)altar of incense and its poles, and the (M)anointing oil and the (N)fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the [m]entrance of the tabernacle; 16 (O)the altar of burnt offering with its [n]bronze grating, its poles, and all its [o]utensils, the [p]basin and its stand; 17 (P)the hangings of the court, its pillars and its [q]sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; 19 the [r](Q)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.’”
Gifts Received
20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 (R)Everyone whose heart [s]stirred him and everyone whose spirit [t]moved him came and brought the Lord’s [u]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. 22 Then all [v]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [w]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who [x]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Every man, [y]who had in his possession [z]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins [aa]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a [ab]contribution of silver and [ac]bronze brought the Lord’s [ad]contribution; and every man [ae]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 All the [af]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in [ag]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. 26 All the women whose heart [ah]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [ai]breastpiece; 28 and (S)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [aj]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [ak]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a (T)freewill offering to the Lord.
30 (U)Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in all [al]craftsmanship; 32 [am]to make designs for working in gold and in silver and in [an]bronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. 34 He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and (V)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 (W)He has filled them with [ao]skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in [ap]blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.
Footnotes
- Exodus 35:1 Lit do them
- Exodus 35:5 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:5 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:5 Or copper
- Exodus 35:6 Or violet
- Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
- Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
- Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 35:11 Or bases
- Exodus 35:12 Lit propitiatory
- Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
- Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
- Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
- Exodus 35:16 Or copper
- Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
- Exodus 35:16 Or laver
- Exodus 35:17 Or bases
- Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
- Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted up
- Exodus 35:21 Or made him willing
- Exodus 35:21 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:22 Or who were willing-hearted
- Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
- Exodus 35:22 Lit waved a wave offering
- Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
- Exodus 35:23 Or violet
- Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
- Exodus 35:24 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:24 Or copper
- Exodus 35:24 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
- Exodus 35:25 Lit women wise of heart
- Exodus 35:25 Or violet
- Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
- Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
- Exodus 35:29 Lit sons of Israel
- Exodus 35:29 Lit made them willing
- Exodus 35:31 Or work
- Exodus 35:32 Lit devise devices
- Exodus 35:32 Or copper
- Exodus 35:35 Lit wisdom of heart
- Exodus 35:35 Or violet
Cross references
- Exodus 35:1 : Ex 34:32
- Exodus 35:2 : Ex 20:9, 10; 23:12; 31:15; 34:21; Lev 23:3; Deut 5:13f
- Exodus 35:2 : Ex 16:23
- Exodus 35:2 : Num 15:32-36
- Exodus 35:3 : Ex 12:16; 16:23
- Exodus 35:5 : Ex 25:1-9
- Exodus 35:10 : Ex 31:6
- Exodus 35:11 : Ex 26:1-30
- Exodus 35:12 : Ex 25:10-22
- Exodus 35:13 : Ex 25:23-30
- Exodus 35:14 : Ex 25:31ff
- Exodus 35:15 : Ex 30:1-6
- Exodus 35:15 : Ex 30:25
- Exodus 35:15 : Ex 30:34-38
- Exodus 35:16 : Ex 27:1-8
- Exodus 35:17 : Ex 27:9-18
- Exodus 35:19 : Ex 31:10; 39:1
- Exodus 35:21 : Ex 25:2; 35:5, 22, 26, 29; 36:2
- Exodus 35:28 : Ex 30:23ff
- Exodus 35:29 : Ex 35:21; 1 Chr 29:9
- Exodus 35:30 : Ex 31:1-6
- Exodus 35:34 : Ex 31:6
- Exodus 35:35 : Ex 31:3, 6; 35:31; 1 Kin 7:14