Exodus 35 (New American Standard)

The Sabbath Emphasized

1 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "¹These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to ^ado : 2 "²For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ³a sabbath of complete rest to the LORD ; ⁴whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 "⁵You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day." 4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying, 5 '⁶Take from among you a ^bcontribution to the LORD ; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD'S ^ccontribution : gold, silver, and ^dbronze, 6 and ^eblue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats' hair, 7 and rams' skins ^fdyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the ^gbreastpiece.

Tabernacle Workmen

10 '⁷Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded : 11 the ^h8tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its ⁱsockets ; 12 the ⁹ark and its poles, the ^jmercy seat, and the curtain of the screen ; 13 the ¹⁰table and its poles, and all its ^kutensils, and the bread of the ^lPresence ; 14 the ¹¹lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light ; 15 and the ¹²altar of incense and its poles, and the ¹³anointing oil and the ¹⁴fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the ^mentrance of the tabernacle ; 16 ¹⁵the altar of burnt offering with its ⁿbronze grating, its poles, and all its ^outensils, the ^pbasin and its stand ; 17 ¹⁶the hangings of the court, its pillars and its ^qsockets, and the screen for the gate of the court ; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords ; 19 the ^r17woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.' "

Gifts Received

20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses' presence. 21 ¹⁸Everyone whose heart ^sstirred him and everyone whose spirit ^tmoved him came and brought the LORD'S ^ucontribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. 22 Then all ^vwhose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ^wearrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold ; so did every man who ^xpresented an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 Every man, ^ywho had in his possession ^zblue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats' hair and rams' skins ^aadyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a ^bbcontribution of silver and ^ccbronze brought the LORD'S ^ddcontribution ; and every man ^eewho had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 All the ^ffskilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in ^ggblue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. 26 All the women whose heart ^hhstirred with a skill spun the goats' hair. 27 The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the ⁱⁱbreastpiece ; 28 and ¹⁹the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 29 The ^jjIsraelites , all the men and women, whose heart ^kkmoved them to bring material for all the work, which the LORD had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a ²⁰freewill offering to the LORD. 30 ²¹Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, "See, the LORD 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 understanding and in knowledge and in all ^llcraftsmanship ; 32 ^mmto make designs for working in gold and in silver and in ⁿⁿbronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. 34 "He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and ²²Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 "²³He has filled them with ^ooskill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in ^ppblue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.