Exodus 35:11-21

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

12 the ark and its staves, the seat of reconciliation, and the veil of the tent,

13 the table and its staves and all its vessels, and the showbread;

14 the lampstand also for the light and its vessels and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

15 and the altar of incense and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,

16 the altar of burnt offering with its brasen grate, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

17 the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

18 the stakes of the tabernacle and the stakes of the court, and their cords,

19 the clothing of service to minister in the sanctuary, that is, the holy garments of Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve in the priesthood.

20 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21 And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up, and every one whose spirit made them willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of the testimony and for all his service and for the holy garments.

Exodus 35:11-21 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.