Exodus 35:4-29

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Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh

⁴ And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying, ⁵ ‘^(A)Take from among you a ^[a]contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a ^[b]contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and ^[c]bronze, ⁶ and ^[d]blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, ⁷ and rams’ skins ^[e]dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, ⁸ and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, ⁹ and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ^[f]breastpiece.

¹⁰ ‘^(B)And let everyone ^[g]wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ¹¹ the ^[h](C)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ¹² the ^(D)ark and its poles, the ^[i]mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; 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 screen 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 laver and its stand; ^17 (K)the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; ¹⁸ the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; 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 minister as priests.’”

Contributions Brought by the People

²⁰ Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses’ presence. ^21 (M)And everyone whose heart ^[p]stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the ^[q]contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. ²² Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ^[r]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh. ²³ And every man, ^[s]who had in his possession ^[t]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins ^[u]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. ²⁴ Everyone who could raise up a ^[v]contribution of silver and ^[w]bronze brought the ^[x]contribution to Yahweh; and every man ^[y]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. ²⁵ All the women ^[z]wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in ^[aa]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. ²⁶ And all the women whose heart ^[ab]stirred with wisdom spun the goats’ hair. ²⁷ And the rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the ^[ac]breastpiece; ²⁸ and ^(N)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. ²⁹ The sons of Israel—all the men and women whose heart was willing to bring material for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do—brought a ^(O)freewill offering to Yahweh.