⁸ The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.”^(A) So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

³ When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,^(A) they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”^(B)

²⁰ Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, ²¹ and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them 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. ²² 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. ²³ Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn^(A) or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. ²⁴ 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. ²⁵ Every skilled woman^(B) spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. ²⁶ And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. ²⁷ The leaders^(C) brought onyx stones and other gems^(D) to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. ²⁸ They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.^{(E) 29} All the Israelite men and women who were willing^(F) brought to the Lord freewill offerings^(G) for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

⁵ and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough^(A) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

¹⁶ Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake^(A) the Lord to serve other gods! ¹⁷ It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,^(B) and performed those great signs^(C) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.