Exodus 35:1–13

Rules About the Sabbath

35Moses gathered all the Israelite community together and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do. ²You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death. ³On the Sabbath day you must not light a fire in any of your houses.”

⁴Moses said to all the Israelites, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who is willing bring this offering to the Lord: gold, silver, bronze, ⁶blue, purple and red thread, and fine linen, goat hair ⁷and male sheepskins that are colored red. They may also bring fine leather, acacia wood, ⁸olive oil for the lamps, spices for the special olive oil used for appointing priests and for the sweet-smelling incense, ⁹onyx stones, and other jewels to be put on the holy vest and chest covering of the priests.

¹⁰“Let all the skilled workers come and make everything the Lord commanded: ¹¹the Holy Tent, its outer tent and its covering, the hooks, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases; ¹²the Ark of the Agreement, its poles, lid, and the curtain in front of it; ¹³the table, and its poles, all the things that go with the table, and the bread that shows we are in God’s presence;