Exodus 35:30-36:7

GOD’S WORD Translation

³⁰ Then Moses said to the Israelites, “The Lord has chosen Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³¹ The Lord has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, making him highly skilled, resourceful, and knowledgeable in all trades. ³² He’s a master artist familiar with gold, silver, and bronze. ³³ He knows how to cut and set stones and how to work with wood. He’s an expert in all trades. ³⁴ Also, the Lord has given Bezalel and Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach others. ³⁵ The Lord has made these men highly skilled in all trades. They can do the work of jewelers, carpenters, and designers. They know how to embroider violet, purple and bright red yarn on fine linen. They know how to weave yarn on a loom. They can do all kinds of trades. They are master artists.”

36 ⌞Moses continued,⌟ “So Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work as the Lord has commanded. They will do this with the help of every other craftsman to whom the Lord has given the necessary skills and talents. They will know how to do all the work for constructing the holy place.”

² Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every other craftsman to whom the Lord had given these skills and who was willing to come and do the work.

Excess Contributions

³ Moses turned over to them all the contributions the Israelites had brought for the work of constructing the holy place. But the people still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning. ⁴ Finally, all the skilled craftsmen who were working on the holy place stopped what they were doing. They all came to Moses. ⁵ They said, “The people are bringing much more than we need for doing the work the Lord commanded us to do.”

⁶ So Moses gave instructions to have the following message announced all over camp: “No man or woman needs to make anything more to give as their special contribution to the holy place.” Then the people stopped bringing gifts. ⁷ The material they had was more than enough to do the job.