Exodus 35:1–13

Instructions for the Sabbath

Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the Lord has commanded you to follow. ²You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death. ³You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”

Offerings for the Tabernacle

⁴Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵Take a sacred offering for the Lord. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the Lord:

gold, silver, and bronze;

⁶blue, purple, and scarlet thread;

fine linen and goat hair for cloth;

⁷tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;

acacia wood;

⁸olive oil for the lamps;

spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;

⁹onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.

¹⁰“Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the Lord has commanded:

¹¹the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;

¹²the Ark and its carrying poles;

the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement;

the inner curtain to shield the Ark;

¹³the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils;

the Bread of the Presence;