Exodus 35:4–36:7

⁴And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying,

⁵‘^aTake from among you a ¹contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a ²contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and ³bronze,

⁶and ¹blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair,

⁷and rams’ skins ¹dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood,

⁸and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense,

⁹and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ¹breastpiece.

¹⁰‘^aAnd let everyone ¹wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

¹¹the ^1atabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

¹²the ^aark and its poles, the ¹mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen;

¹³the ^atable and its poles, and all its ¹utensils, and the bread of the ²Presence;

¹⁴the ^alampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light;

¹⁵and the ^aaltar of incense and its poles, and the ^banointing oil and the ^cfragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the ¹entrance of the tabernacle;

^16athe altar of burnt offering with its ¹bronze grating, its poles, and all its ²utensils, the laver and its stand;

^17athe hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

¹⁸the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords;

¹⁹the ^1awoven 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

²⁰Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses’ presence.

^21aAnd everyone whose heart ¹stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the ²contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.

²²Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ¹earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh.

²³And every man, ¹who had in his possession ²blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins ³dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.

²⁴Everyone who could raise up a ¹contribution of silver and ²bronze brought the ³contribution to Yahweh; and every man ⁴who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

²⁵All the women ¹wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in ²blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.

²⁶And all the women whose heart ¹stirred with wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

²⁷And the rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the ¹breastpiece;

²⁸and ^athe spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

²⁹The 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 ^afreewill offering to Yahweh.

^30aThen 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 ¹craftsmanship;

³²to devise ¹designs for working in gold and in silver and in ²bronze,

³³and 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 ^aOholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

³⁵“^aHe has filled them with ¹wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in ²blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.

CHAPTER 36

¹“Now Bezalel and Oholiab and every person ¹wise at heart, to whom Yahweh has given ²wisdom and discernment to know how to do all the work of the service of constructing the sanctuary, shall do in accordance with all that Yahweh has commanded.”

Making the Tabernacle

²Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every person ¹wise at heart to whom Yahweh had given ²wisdom, ^aeveryone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to do it.

³And they received from Moses the entire ¹contribution which the sons of Israel had brought ²to do the work in the service of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.

⁴And all the ¹wise men who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from ²the work which ³he was doing,

⁵and they said to ¹Moses, “^aThe people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded us to ²do.”

⁶So Moses commanded and a ¹proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer do the work for the ²contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

^7aIndeed, the ¹material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to do it.