Exodus 35  Legacy Standard Bible

The Sabbath Command

35 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, “^(A)These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to ^[a]do:

² “^(B)Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ^(C)a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; ^(D)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. ^3 (E)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your places of habitation on the sabbath day.”

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 ‘^(F)Take from among you a ^[b]contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a ^[c]contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and ^[d]bronze, ⁶ and ^[e]blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, ⁷ and rams’ skins ^[f]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 ^[g]breastpiece.

¹⁰ ‘^(G)And let everyone ^[h]wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ¹¹ the ^[i](H)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ¹² the ^(I)ark and its poles, the ^[j]mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; ¹³ the ^(J)table and its poles, and all its ^[k]utensils, and the bread of the ^[l]Presence; ¹⁴ the ^(K)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light; ¹⁵ and the ^(L)altar of incense and its poles, and the ^(M)anointing oil and the ^(N)fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the ^[m]entrance of the tabernacle; ^16 (O)the altar of burnt offering with its ^[n]bronze grating, its poles, and all its ^[o]utensils, the laver and its stand; ^17 (P)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 ^[p](Q)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 (R)And everyone whose heart ^[q]stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the ^[r]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 ^[s]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, ^[t]who had in his possession ^[u]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins ^[v]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. ²⁴ Everyone who could raise up a ^[w]contribution of silver and ^[x]bronze brought the ^[y]contribution to Yahweh; and every man ^[z]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. ²⁵ All the women ^[aa]wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in ^[ab]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. ²⁶ And all the women whose heart ^[ac]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 ^[ad]breastpiece; ²⁸ and ^(S)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 ^(T)freewill offering to Yahweh.

^30 (U)Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ³¹ And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in discernment, and in knowledge, and in all ^[ae]craftsmanship; ³² to devise ^[af]designs for working in gold and in silver and in ^[ag]bronze, ³³ and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to do well in every work of thoughtful design. ³⁴ He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and ^(V)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ^35 (W)He has filled them with ^[ah]wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in ^[ai]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.