Exodus 35:1–13

THE SABBATH COMMAND

35Moses assembled the entire Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:^{v 2}For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath^w of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed. ³Do not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”^x

BUILDING THE TABERNACLE

⁴Then Moses said to the entire Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵Take^a up an offering among you for the Lord. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁶blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; ⁷ram skins dyed red and fine leather;^A acacia wood; ⁸oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; ⁹and onyx with gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece.

¹⁰“Let all the skilled artisans^B among you come and make everything that the Lord has commanded:^{b 11}the tabernacle—its tent and covering, its clasps and supports, its crossbars, its pillars and bases; ¹²the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain for the screen; ¹³the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;