Exodus
35
- Moses assembled the whole Israelite community
and said to them, "These are the things the LORD has commanded you to
do:
- For six days, work is to be done, but the
seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever
does any work on it must be put to death.
- Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings
on the Sabbath day."
- Moses said to the whole Israelite community,
"This is what the LORD has commanded:
- From what you have, take an offering for
the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold,
silver and bronze;
- blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen;
goat hair;
- ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows;
acacia wood;
- olive oil for the light; spices for the
anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
- and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted
on the ephod and breastpiece.
- "All who are skilled among you are
to come and make everything the LORD has commanded:
- the tabernacle with its tent and its covering,
clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
- the ark with its poles and the atonement
cover and the curtain that shields it;
- the table with its poles and all its articles
and the bread of the Presence;
- the lampstand that is for light with its
accessories, lamps and oil for the light;
- the altar of incense with its poles, the
anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the
entrance to the tabernacle;
- the altar of burnt offering with its bronze
grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand;
- the curtains of the courtyard with its posts
and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
- the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for
the courtyard, and their ropes;
- the woven garments worn for ministering
in the sanctuary -- both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the
garments for his sons when they serve as priests."
- Then the whole Israelite community withdrew
from Moses' presence,
- and everyone who was willing and whose heart
moved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent
of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.
- All who were willing, men and women alike,
came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and
ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
- Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet
yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or hides of sea cows
brought them.
- Those presenting an offering of silver or
bronze brought it as an offering to the LORD, and everyone who had acacia
wood for any part of the work brought it.
- Every skilled woman spun with her hands
and brought what she had spun -- blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.
- And all the women who were willing and had
the skill spun the goat hair.
- The leaders brought onyx stones and other
gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- They also brought spices and olive oil for
the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
- All the Israelite men and women who were
willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through
Moses had commanded them to do.
- Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See,
the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
- and he has filled him with the Spirit of
God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts --
- to make artistic designs for work in gold,
silver and bronze,
- to cut and set stones, to work in wood and
to engage in all kinds of artistic craftsmanship.
- And he has given both him and Oholiab son
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
- He has filled them with skill to do all
kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet
yarn and fine linen, and weavers--all of them master craftsmen and designers.
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