Exodus - Chapter 35

¹ Moses assembled the whole community of Israelites and said, 'These are the things Yahweh has ordered to be done:

² Work must be done for six days, but the seventh must be a holy day for you, a day of complete rest, in honour of Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on that day will be put to death.

³ You will not light a fire on the Sabbath day in any of your homes.'

⁴ Moses spoke to the whole community of Israelites. 'This', he said, 'is what Yahweh has ordered:

⁵ Set aside a contribution for Yahweh out of your possessions. Everyone whose heart prompts him to do so should bring a contribution for Yahweh: gold, silver and bronze;

⁶ materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, finely woven linen, goats' hair,

⁷ rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,

⁸ oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

⁹ cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate.

¹⁰ And all those of you who have the skill must come and make everything that Yahweh has ordered:

¹¹ the Dwelling, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its frames, its crossbars, its pillars and its sockets;

¹² the ark, its shafts and all its accessories, the mercy-seat and the screening curtain;

¹³ the table, its shafts and all its accessories, and the loaves of permanent offering;

¹⁴ the lamp-stand for the light, its accessories, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

¹⁵ the altar of incense and its shafts, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance, for the entrance of the tent;

¹⁶ the altar of burnt offerings and its bronze grating, its shafts, and all its accessories; the basin and its stand;

¹⁷ the curtaining for the court, its poles, its sockets, and the screen for the entrance to the court;

¹⁸ the pegs for the Dwelling and the pegs for the court, and their cords;

¹⁹ the liturgical vestments for service in the sanctuary -- the sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, and the vestments for his sons, for their priestly functions.'

²⁰ The whole community of Israelites then withdrew from Moses' presence.

²¹ And all those whose heart stirred them and all those whose spirit prompted them brought a contribution for Yahweh, for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for its general service and for the sacred vestments.

²² Men and women, they came, all those whose heart prompted them, bringing brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, golden objects of every kind -- all those who had vowed gold to Yahweh,

²³ while all those who happened to own violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, finely woven linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, or fine leather, brought that.

²⁴ All those offering a contribution of silver or bronze brought their contribution for Yahweh and all who happened to own acacia wood, suitable for any of the work to be done, brought that.

²⁵ All the skilled women set their hands to spinning, and brought what they had spun: violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, and fine linen,

²⁶ while all those women whose heart stirred them by virtue of their skill, spun goats' hair.

²⁷ The leaders brought cornelians and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate,

²⁸ and the spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

²⁹ All those Israelites, men and women, whose heart prompted them to contribute to the entire work that Yahweh had ordered through Moses to be done, brought a contribution to Yahweh.

³⁰ Moses then said to the Israelites, 'Look, Yahweh has singled out Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

³¹ and has filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom, knowledge and skill in every kind of craft:

³² in designing and carrying out work in gold and silver and bronze,

³³ in cutting stones to be set, in wood carving and in executing every kind of work.

³⁴ And on him and on Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, he has bestowed the gift of teaching,

³⁵ and filled them with the skill to carry out every kind of work, that of the engraver, that of the embroiderer, that of the needleworker in violet-purple, red-purple and crimson materials and fine linen, that of the weaver, and indeed that of every kind of craftsman and designer.'

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