Exodus 35:1-19

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 do:

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 contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD'S contribution: gold, silver, and bronze,

6 and blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats' hair,

7 and rams' skins dyed 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 breastpiece.

Tabernacle Workmen

10 '⁷Let every skillful * man * among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded:

11 the ⁸tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

12 the ⁹ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen;

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

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 entrance of the tabernacle;

16 ¹⁵the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;

17 ¹⁶the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, 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 ¹⁷woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister 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 20:9, 10; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 34:21; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:13
• 3. Exodus 16:23
• 4. Numbers 15:32-36
• 5. Exodus 12:16; Exodus 16:23
• 6. Exodus 25:1-9
• 7. Exodus 31:6
• 8. Exodus 26:1-30
• 9. Exodus 25:10-22
• 10. Exodus 25:23-30
• 11. Exodus 25:31f
• 12. Exodus 30:1-6
• 13. Exodus 30:25
• 14. Exodus 30:34-38
• 15. Exodus 27:1-8
• 16. Exodus 27:9-18
• 17. Exodus 31:10; Exodus 39:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "do them"
• [b]. Or "heave offering"
• [c]. Or "heave offering"
• [d]. Or "copper"
• [e]. Or "violet"
• [f]. Or "tanned"
• [g]. Or "pouch"
• [h]. Lit "dwelling place"
• [i]. Or "bases"
• [j]. Lit "propitiatory"
• [k]. Or "vessels"
• [l]. Lit "Face"
• [m]. Or "doorway"
• [n]. Or "copper"
• [o]. Or "vessels"
• [p]. Or "laver"
• [q]. Or "bases"
• [r]. Or "service garments"