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
Revised Standard Version
Preparations for Making the Tabernacle
4 Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded. 5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; goats’ hair, 7 tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood, 8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
10 “And let every able man among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, 11 its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; 13 the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the laver and its base; 17 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 finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”
Offerings for the Tabernacle
20 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him, and every one whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And every man with whom was found blue or purple or scarlet stuff or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins, brought them. 24 Every one who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s offering; and every man with whom was found acacia wood of any use in the work, brought it. 25 And all women who had ability spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; 26 all the women whose hearts were moved with ability spun the goats’ hair. 27 And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work which the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done, brought it as their freewill offering to the Lord.
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