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30 (A)Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, Yahweh 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 discernment, and in knowledge, and in all [a]craftsmanship; 32 to devise [b]designs for working in gold and in silver and in [c]bronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to do well in every work of thoughtful design. 34 He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and (B)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 (C)He has filled them with [d]wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in [e]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.

36 “Now Bezalel and Oholiab and every person [f]wise at heart, to whom Yahweh has given [g]wisdom and discernment to know how to do all the work of the service of constructing the sanctuary, shall do in accordance with all that Yahweh has commanded.”

Making the Tabernacle

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every person [h]wise at heart to whom Yahweh had given [i]wisdom, (D)everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to do it. And they received from Moses the entire [j]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought [k]to do the work in the service of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. And all the [l]wise men who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [m]the work which [n]he was doing, and they said to [o]Moses, “(E)The people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded us to [p]do.” So Moses commanded and a [q]proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer do the work for the [r]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more. (F)Indeed, the [s]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to do it.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:31 Or work
  2. Exodus 35:32 Lit devices
  3. Exodus 35:32 Or copper
  4. Exodus 35:35 Or skill
  5. Exodus 35:35 Or violet
  6. Exodus 36:1 Or skillful
  7. Exodus 36:1 Or skill
  8. Exodus 36:2 Or skillful
  9. Exodus 36:2 Or skill
  10. Exodus 36:3 Lit heave offering
  11. Exodus 36:3 Lit to perform it for the work
  12. Exodus 36:4 Or skillful
  13. Exodus 36:4 Lit his
  14. Exodus 36:4 Lit they were
  15. Exodus 36:5 Lit Moses, saying,
  16. Exodus 36:5 Lit do it
  17. Exodus 36:6 Lit voice
  18. Exodus 36:6 Lit heave offering
  19. Exodus 36:7 Lit work

Bezalel and Oholiab(A)

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills(B) 32 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 33 to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. 34 And he has given both him and Oholiab(C) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach(D) others. 35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work(E) as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers. 36 So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person(F) to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary(G) are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”

Then Moses summoned Bezalel(H) and Oholiab(I) and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing(J) to come and do the work. They received from Moses all the offerings(K) the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough(L) for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more(M) than enough to do all the work.