Exodus 35:4-29
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
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- Exodus 35:5 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:5 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:5 Or copper
- Exodus 35:6 Or violet
- Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
- Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
- Exodus 35:10 Or skillful
- Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 35:12 Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
- Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
- Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
- Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
- Exodus 35:16 Or copper
- Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
- Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
- Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted up
- Exodus 35:21 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
- Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
- Exodus 35:23 Or violet
- Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
- Exodus 35:24 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:24 Or copper
- Exodus 35:24 Or heave offering
- Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
- Exodus 35:25 Or skilled
- Exodus 35:25 Or violet
- Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
- Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
Exodus 35:4-29
New Living Translation
Offerings for the Tabernacle
4 Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, “This is what the Lord has commanded: 5 Take a sacred offering for the Lord. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the Lord:
gold, silver, and bronze;
6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
7 tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
acacia wood;
8 olive oil for the lamps;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
9 onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
10 “Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the Lord has commanded:
11 the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;
12 the Ark and its carrying poles;
the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement;
the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
13 the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils;
the Bread of the Presence;
14 for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;
15 the incense altar and its carrying poles;
the anointing oil and fragrant incense;
the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;
16 the altar of burnt offering;
the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils;
the washbasin with its stand;
17 the curtains for the walls of the courtyard;
the posts and their bases;
the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
18 the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;
19 the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”
20 So the whole community of Israel left Moses and returned to their tents. 21 All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the Lord. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle,[a] for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments. 22 Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the Lord. 23 All those who owned the following items willingly brought them: blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; and tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather. 24 And all who had silver and bronze objects gave them as a sacred offering to the Lord. And those who had acacia wood brought it for use in the project.
25 All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen cloth. 26 All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn. 27 The leaders brought onyx stones and the special gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece. 28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense. 29 So the people of Israel—every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the Lord had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the Lord.
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- 35:21 Hebrew Tent of Meeting.
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