Craftsmen for Building the Tent

³⁰ Moses told the Israelis, “Look, the Lord has called^[a] Uri’s son Bezalel, grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, ³¹ and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge of all kinds of work, ³² to make artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, ³³ to cut stones for setting, to carve wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic work. ³⁴ And he has given both him and Ahisamach’s son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach. ³⁵ He has equipped them^[b] to do all kinds of work done by an engraver, designer, embroider in blue, purple and scarlet material and in fine linen, or as a weaver. They were able to do^[c] all kinds of work and were skilled designers. 36 ¹ Bezalel and Oholiab and all the skilled craftsmen to whom the Lord gave wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work in constructing^[d] the sanctuary are to do everything that the Lord has commanded.”

Contributions for Building the Tent

² Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled^[e] people to whom the Lord had given ability,^[f] including everyone whose hearts stirred them to come forward to do the work. ³ They received from Moses all the offerings that the Israelis had brought for doing the work of constructing^[g] the sanctuary, and the people^[h] continued to bring freewill offerings every morning. ⁴ All the craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left the work they were doing ⁵ and told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” ⁶ Then Moses issued an order, and the message was taken throughout the camp, “Men and women, don’t bring any more offerings for the sanctuary.” The people were restrained from bringing any more,^{[i] 7} since the material was more than sufficient for doing all the work.