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: ^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;