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Preparation of Materials and People for Building

35 And Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites,[a] and he said to them, “These are the words that Yahweh has commanded for us to do them. On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,[b] a Sabbath of complete rest,[c] for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death. You will not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:1 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 35:2 Literally “holiness”
  3. Exodus 35:2 Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase

The Israelis Collect Material for the Tent

35 Moses assembled the entire congregation of the Israelis and told them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:[a] For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the Lord. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed. You are not to light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:1 Lit. to do them