Exodus 35
The Sabbath Command
35Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, “aThese are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to 1do:
2“aSix days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ba sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; cwhoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3“aYou shall not kindle a fire in any of your places of habitation on the sabbath day.”
Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh
4And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying, 5‘aTake from among you a 1contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a 2contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and 3bronze, 6and 1blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7and rams’ skins 1dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, 8and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the 1breastpiece.
10‘aAnd let everyone 1wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded: 11the 1,atabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12the aark and its poles, the 1mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; 13the atable and its poles, and all its 1utensils, and the bread of the 2Presence; 14the alampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light; 15and the aaltar of incense and its poles, and the banointing oil and the cfragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the 1entrance of the tabernacle; 16athe altar of burnt offering with its 1bronze grating, its poles, and all its 2utensils, the laver and its stand; 17athe hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; 19the 1,awoven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’”
Contributions Brought by the People
20Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses’ presence. 21aAnd everyone whose heart 1stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the 2contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. 22Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, came and brought brooches and 1earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh. 23And every man, 1who had in his possession 2blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins 3dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. 24Everyone who could raise up a 1contribution of silver and 2bronze brought the 3contribution to Yahweh; and every man 4who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25All the women 1wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in 2blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. 26And all the women whose heart 1stirred with wisdom spun the goats’ hair. 27And the rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the 1breastpiece; 28and athe spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 29The sons of Israel—all the men and women whose heart was willing to bring material for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do—brought a afreewill offering to Yahweh.
30aThen Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31“And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in discernment, and in knowledge, and in all 1craftsmanship; 32to devise 1designs for working in gold and in silver and in 2bronze, 33and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to do well in every work of thoughtful design. 34“He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and aOholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35“aHe has filled them with 1wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in 2blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.