Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, (A)Take from among you a [a]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lords [b]contribution: gold, silver, and [c]bronze, and [d]violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, and rams’ skins [e]dyed red, and [f]fine leather, and acacia wood, and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [g]breastpiece.

Tabernacle Artisans

10 (B)Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the [h](C)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the (D)ark and its poles, the [i]atoning cover, and the covering curtain; 13 the (E)table and its poles, and all its [j]utensils, and the bread of the [k]Presence; 14 the (F)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the (G)altar of incense and its poles, and the (H)anointing oil and the (I)fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the [l]entrance of the tabernacle; 16 (J)the altar of burnt offering with its [m]bronze grating, its poles, and all its [n]utensils, the basin and its stand; 17 (K)the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the courtyard and their ropes; 19 the [o](L)woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests.’”

Gifts Received

20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 And (M)everyone whose heart [p]stirred him and everyone whose spirit [q]moved him came and brought the Lords [r]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 Then all [s]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [t]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who [u]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Everyone [v]who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins [w]dyed red or fine leather, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a [x]contribution of silver and [y]bronze brought the Lords [z]contribution; and everyone [aa]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 And all the [ab]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart [ac]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [ad]breastpiece; 28 and (N)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [ae]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [af]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a (O)[ag]voluntary offering to the Lord.

30 (P)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, in knowledge, and in all [ah]craftsmanship; 32 to create [ai]designs for working in gold, in silver, and in [aj]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 (Q)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 (R)He has filled them with [ak]skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

The Tabernacle Underwritten

36 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [al]skillful person in whom the Lord has put [am]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work [an]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.”

Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [ao]skillful person in [ap]whom the Lord had put [aq]skill, (S)everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. They received from Moses every [ar]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform [as]the work [at]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him [au]voluntary offerings every morning. And all the [av]skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [aw]the work which they were performing, and they said to [ax]Moses, “(T)The people are bringing much more than enough for the [ay]construction work which the Lord commanded us to [az]perform.” So Moses issued a command, and circulated a [ba]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the [bb]contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. (U)For the [bc]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  2. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  3. Exodus 35:5 Or copper
  4. Exodus 35:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  5. Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
  6. Exodus 35:7 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch
  7. Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
  8. Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
  9. Exodus 35:12 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  10. Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
  11. Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
  12. Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
  13. Exodus 35:16 Or copper
  14. Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
  15. Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
  16. Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted him up
  17. Exodus 35:21 Or made him willing
  18. Exodus 35:21 Or uplifted offering
  19. Exodus 35:22 Or who were willing-hearted
  20. Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
  21. Exodus 35:22 Lit waved a wave offering
  22. Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
  23. Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
  24. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  25. Exodus 35:24 Or copper
  26. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  27. Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
  28. Exodus 35:25 Lit women wise of heart
  29. Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
  30. Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
  31. Exodus 35:29 Lit sons of Israel
  32. Exodus 35:29 Lit made them willing
  33. Exodus 35:29 Or freewill offering
  34. Exodus 35:31 Or work
  35. Exodus 35:32 Lit devices
  36. Exodus 35:32 Or copper
  37. Exodus 35:35 Lit wisdom of heart
  38. Exodus 36:1 Lit man wise of heart
  39. Exodus 36:1 Lit wisdom
  40. Exodus 36:1 Or connected with the service of; lit of the service of
  41. Exodus 36:2 Lit man wise of heart
  42. Exodus 36:2 Lit whose heart
  43. Exodus 36:2 Lit wisdom
  44. Exodus 36:3 Or uplifted offering
  45. Exodus 36:3 Lit it for the work
  46. Exodus 36:3 Lit of the service of
  47. Exodus 36:3 Or freewill offering
  48. Exodus 36:4 Lit wise
  49. Exodus 36:4 Lit his
  50. Exodus 36:5 Lit Moses, saying,
  51. Exodus 36:5 Lit service for the work
  52. Exodus 36:5 Lit perform it
  53. Exodus 36:6 Lit voice
  54. Exodus 36:6 Or uplifted offering
  55. Exodus 36:7 Lit work

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