Exodus 35:1-19

Lexham English Bible

Preparation of Materials and People for Building

35 And Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites,^[a] and he said to them, “These are the words that Yahweh has commanded for us to do them. ² On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,^[b] a Sabbath of complete rest,^[c] for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death. ³ You will not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath.”

⁴ And Moses said to all the community of the Israelites,^[d] saying, “This is the word that Yahweh has commanded, saying, ⁵ ‘Take from among you a contribution for Yahweh, anyone willing of heart, let him bring Yahweh’s contribution—gold and silver and bronze, ⁶ and blue and purple and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, ⁷ and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather,^[e] and acacia wood, ⁸ and oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁹ onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece.

¹⁰ “And let all the skilled of heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ¹¹ The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering; its clasps and its frames;^[f] its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ¹² the ark and its poles; the atonement cover and the curtain of the screen; ¹³ the table and its poles and all its equipment; and the bread of the presence; ¹⁴ and lampstand of the light and its equipment and its lamps and the oil for the light; ¹⁵ and the altar of incense and its poles; and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense and the entrance curtain for the entrance of the tabernacle; ¹⁶ the altar of the burnt offering and the bronze grating that is for it, its poles and all its equipment; the basin and its stand; ¹⁷ the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the courtyard gate; ¹⁸ the pegs^[g] of the tabernacle and the pegs^[h] of the courtyard and their cords; ¹⁹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests.”