Exodus 35:25–36:5

²⁵All the women who were ^bgifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. ²⁶And all the women whose hearts ⁴stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair. ^27cThe rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate, ²⁸and ^dspices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. ²⁹The children of Israel brought a ^efreewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.

The Artisans Called by God

³⁰And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, ^fthe Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; ³¹and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, ³²to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, ³³in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

³⁴“And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and ^gAholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ³⁵He has ^hfilled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

36“And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every ^agifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the ^bsanctuary, ¹shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

The People Give More Than Enough

²Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone ^cwhose heart ²was stirred, to come and do the work. ³And they received from Moses all the ^doffering which the children of Israel ^ehad brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. ⁴Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing, ⁵and they spoke to Moses, saying, ^f“The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”