Exodus 35

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: ^e2For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath ^fof 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.” ^g

Building the Tabernacle

⁴Then Moses said to the entire Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵Take ^hup 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 manatee skins; ⁱacacia 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 craftsmen ^jamong you come and make everything that the Lord has commanded: ^k11the tabernacle—its tent and covering, its clasps and planks, its crossbars, its posts and bases; ¹²the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil for the screen; ¹³the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; ¹⁴the lampstand for light with its utensils and lamps as well as the oil for the light; ¹⁵the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the entryway screen for the entrance to the tabernacle; ¹⁶the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; ¹⁷the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, and the screen for the gate of the courtyard; ¹⁸the tent pegs for the tabernacle and the tent pegs for the courtyard, along with their ropes; ¹⁹and the specially woven ^lgarments for ministering in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.” ^m

²⁰Then the entire Israelite community left Moses’ presence. ²¹Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments. ⁿ²²Both men and women came; all who had willing hearts brought brooches, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry—everyone who waved a presentation offering of gold to the Lord. ²³Everyone who had in his possession blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, ^ofine linen or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or manatee skins, ^pbrought them. ²⁴Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the Lord. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it. ²⁵Every skilled ^qwoman ^rspun yarn with her hands and brought it: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. ²⁶And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill. ²⁷The leaders ^sbrought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece, ²⁸as well as the spice ^tand oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. ²⁹So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the Lord, through Moses, had commanded to be done. ^u

Bezalel and Oholiab

³⁰Moses ^vthen said to the Israelites: “Look, the Lord has appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ³¹He has filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every kind of craft ³²to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, ³³to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every kind of artistic craft. ³⁴He has also given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. ³⁵He has filled them with skill ^wto do all the work ^xof a gem cutter; a designer; an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen; and a weaver. They can do every kind of craft and design artistic designs.