Exodus 35:1–13

Preparation of Materials and People for Building

35And Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites,^a and he said to them, “These are the words that Yahweh has commanded for us to do them. ²On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,^b a Sabbath of complete rest,^c for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death. ³You will not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath.”

⁴And Moses said to all the community of the Israelites,^d saying, “This is the word that Yahweh has commanded, saying, ⁵‘Take from among you a contribution for Yahweh, anyone willing of heart, let him bring Yahweh’s contribution—gold and silver and bronze, ⁶and blue and purple and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, ⁷and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather,^e and acacia wood, ⁸and oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁹onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece.

¹⁰“And let all the skilled of heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ¹¹The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering; its clasps and its frames;^f its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ¹²the ark and its poles; the atonement cover and the curtain of the screen; ¹³the table and its poles and all its equipment; and the bread of the presence;