Exodus 35:1–13

Sabbath Regulations

³⁵Moses assembled all the congregation of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:^*

²“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy Sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.^{* 3}You shall kindle no fire in all your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”^*

Preparations for Making the Tabernacle

⁴Moses said to all the congregation of the Israelites, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded:^{* 5}Take from among you an offering to the Lord; let whoever is of a generous heart bring the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze; ⁶blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen; goats’ hair, ⁷tanned rams’ skins, and fine leather;^u acacia wood, ⁸oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, ⁹and onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece.

¹⁰“All who are skillful among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: ¹¹the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;^{* 12}the ark with its poles, the cover, and the curtain for the screen; ¹³the table with its poles and all its utensils and the bread of the Presence;^*