Exodus 35

Sabbath Regulations

35Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, ^a“These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: ²Work shall be done for ^bsix days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to ^cdeath. ^3dYou shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Offerings for the Tabernacle

⁴And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, ^e“This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: ⁵‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. ^fWhoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: ^ggold, silver, and bronze; ^6hblue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and ⁱgoats’ hair; ⁷ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; ⁸oil for the light, ^jand spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; ⁹onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

Articles of the Tabernacle

^10k‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: ^11lthe tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; ^12mthe ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering; ¹³the ⁿtable and its poles, all its utensils, ^oand the showbread; ¹⁴also ^pthe lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light; ^15qthe incense altar, its poles, ^rthe anointing oil, ^sthe sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; ^16tthe altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base; ^17uthe hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; ¹⁸the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords; ^19vthe ¹garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”

The Tabernacle Offerings Presented

²⁰And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. ²¹Then everyone came ^wwhose heart ²was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they ^xbrought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. ²²They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought ^yearrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all ^zjewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord. ²³And ^aevery man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and ³badger skins, brought them. ²⁴Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the Lord’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 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.