Shemot 35:1-19

1 5 And Moshe assembled kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and said unto them, These are the Devarim which Hashem hath commanded, that ye should do them.
2 Sheshet yamim shall work be done, but on the Yom HaShevi’i shall be to you [plural] Kodesh Shabbos Shabbaton to Hashem; whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no eish throughout your habitations upon Yom HaShabbos.
4 And Moshe spoke unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, saying, This is the thing which Hashem commanded, saying,
5 Take ye from among you a terumah (offering) unto Hashem; all of nediv lev of him (i.e., urged by his heart), let him bring it, a terumat Hashem, zahav, and kesef, and nechoshet,
6 And turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and fine linen, and goat hair,
7 And red-dyed ram skins, and tachash skins, and acacia wood,
8 And shemen for the light, and spices for shemen hamishchah, and for the aromatic ketoret,
9 And shoham stones, and gemstones to be set for the Ephod, and for the Choshen.
10 And kol chacham lev among you shall come, and make all that Hashem hath commanded:
11 The Mishkan, its Ohel, and its Mikhseh, its hooks, and its kerashim (planks), its crossbars, its ammudim, and its sockets,
12 The Aron, and the carrying poles thereof, with the Kapporet, and the Parochet HaMasach,
13 The Shulchan, and its carrying poles, and all its utensils, and the Lechem HaPanim,
14 The Menorat HaMaohr, and its utensils, and its nerot (lamps), with the Shemen HaMaohr,
15 And the Mizbe’ach HaKetoret, and its carrying poles, and the Shemen HaMishchah, and the ketoret spices, and the masach hapetach at the petach of the Mishkan,
16 The Mizbe’ach HaOlah, with its mikhbar hanechoshet, its carrying poles, and all its utensils, the Kiyor, and its Stand,
17 The curtains of the khatzer, its ammudim, and its sockets, and the masach Sha’ar HaKhatzer,
18 The tent pegs of the Mishkan, and the tent pegs of the khatzer, and their cords,
19 The Bigdei HaSerad leSharet baKodesh (to do service in HaKodesh), the Bigdei HaKodesh for Aharon the kohen, and the garments of his banim, to minister in the kohen’s office.

Shemot 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.

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