Exodus 35:1–13

Sabbath Regulations

35Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded^h you to do: ²For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbathⁱ rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.^{j 3}Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.^k”

Materials for the Tabernacle

35:4–9pp—Ex 25:1–7 35:10–19pp—Ex 39:32–41

⁴Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; ⁶blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ⁷ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather^a; acacia wood; ⁸olive oil^l for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; ⁹and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

¹⁰“All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded:^{m 11}the tabernacleⁿ with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; ¹²the ark^o with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain^p that shields it; ¹³the table^q with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence;