Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, (A)Take from among you a [a]contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lords [b]contribution: gold, silver, and [c]bronze, and [d]violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, and rams’ skins [e]dyed red, and [f]fine leather, and acacia wood, and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the [g]breastpiece.

Tabernacle Artisans

10 (B)Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the [h](C)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the (D)ark and its poles, the [i]atoning cover, and the covering curtain; 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 curtain 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 basin and its stand; 17 (K)the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the courtyard and their ropes; 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 serve as priests.’”

Gifts Received

20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 And (M)everyone whose heart [p]stirred him and everyone whose spirit [q]moved him came and brought the Lords [r]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 Then all [s]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [t]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who [u]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Everyone [v]who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins [w]dyed red or fine leather, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a [x]contribution of silver and [y]bronze brought the Lords [z]contribution; and everyone [aa]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 And all the [ab]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart [ac]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [ad]breastpiece; 28 and (N)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [ae]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [af]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a (O)[ag]voluntary offering to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  2. Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
  3. Exodus 35:5 Or copper
  4. Exodus 35:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  5. Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
  6. Exodus 35:7 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch
  7. Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
  8. Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
  9. Exodus 35:12 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  10. Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
  11. Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
  12. Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
  13. Exodus 35:16 Or copper
  14. Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
  15. Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
  16. Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted him up
  17. Exodus 35:21 Or made him willing
  18. Exodus 35:21 Or uplifted offering
  19. Exodus 35:22 Or who were willing-hearted
  20. Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
  21. Exodus 35:22 Lit waved a wave offering
  22. Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
  23. Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
  24. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  25. Exodus 35:24 Or copper
  26. Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
  27. Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
  28. Exodus 35:25 Lit women wise of heart
  29. Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
  30. Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
  31. Exodus 35:29 Lit sons of Israel
  32. Exodus 35:29 Lit made them willing
  33. Exodus 35:29 Or freewill offering

Offerings for the Tabernacle(A)

And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, (B)“This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. (C)Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: (D)gold, silver, and bronze; (E)blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and (F)goats’ hair; ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; oil for the light, (G)and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

Articles of the Tabernacle

10 (H)‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 (I)the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 12 (J)the ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering; 13 the (K)table and its poles, all its utensils, (L)and the showbread; 14 also (M)the lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 (N)the incense altar, its poles, (O)the anointing oil, (P)the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 16 (Q)the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base; 17 (R)the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords; 19 (S)the [a]garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”

The Tabernacle Offerings Presented

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 Then everyone came (T)whose heart [b]was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they (U)brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought (V)earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all (W)jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And (X)every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and [c]badger skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the Lord’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 All the women who were (Y)gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 26 And all the women whose hearts [d]stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair. 27 (Z)The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate, 28 and (AA)spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a (AB)freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:19 Or woven garments
  2. Exodus 35:21 Lit. lifted him up
  3. Exodus 35:23 Or dolphin
  4. Exodus 35:26 Lit. lifted them up