Exodus 35:1-19

Sabbath Regulations

1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, ¹"These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do.

2 ²Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

3 ³You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day."

Contributions for the Tabernacle

4 Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the LORD has commanded.

5 ⁴Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. ⁵Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;

6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair,

7 tanned rams' skins, and goatskins;^[a] acacia wood,

8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

10 "Let ⁶every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

11 ⁷the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

12 ⁸the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the ⁹veil of the screen;

13 ¹⁰the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the ¹¹bread of the Presence;

14 ¹²the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the ¹³oil for the light;

15 ¹⁴and the altar of incense, with its poles, ¹⁵and the anointing oil and the ¹⁶fragrant incense, and ¹⁷the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

16 ¹⁸the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the ¹⁹basin and its stand;

17 ²⁰the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

18 ²¹the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their ²²cords;

19 the ²³finely worked garments for ministering^[b] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests."

Exodus 35:1-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 35

This chapter begins with a renewal of the command of the sabbath, Ex 35:1-3 and contains an order for a freewill offering to be brought for the service of the sanctuary, and specifies the things to be brought, and for what uses, Ex 35:4-19 to which there was a ready compliance, and men and women, princes and the common people, everyone according to what they had in possession, brought and offered it freely, Ex 35:20-29 and for their encouragement, that their offering would not be in vain, they were informed there were two persons divinely inspired, to do, and teach to be done, all manner of work for the tabernacle, towards which they had made such a liberal and plentiful contribution, Ex 35:30-35.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 34:32
• 2. Exodus 31:15; See Exodus 20:9
• 3. Exodus 16:23
• 4. For ver. 5-9, see Exodus 25:2-7
• 5. See Exodus 25:2
• 6. ver. 25; Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 36:1, 2
• 7. See Exodus 26:1-30
• 8. See Exodus 25:10-16
• 9. Exodus 26:31, 33; Exodus 39:34; Exodus 40:3, 21; Numbers 4:5
• 10. See Exodus 25:23-29
• 11. Exodus 25:30
• 12. See Exodus 25:31-39
• 13. Exodus 27:20
• 14. See Exodus 30:1-10
• 15. See Exodus 30:23-33
• 16. See Exodus 30:34-38
• 17. Exodus 26:36
• 18. See Exodus 27:1-8
• 19. See Exodus 30:18-21
• 20. See Exodus 27:9-17
• 21. Exodus 27:19
• 22. Exodus 39:40
• 23. Exodus 31:10

Footnotes

• [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 23; compare 25:5
• [b]. Or garments for worship; see 31:10