Exodus 35:12-22

12 the Covenant Box, its poles, its lid, and the curtain to screen it off;

13 the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God;

14 the lampstand for the light and its equipment; the lamps with their oil;

15 the altar for burning incense and its poles; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;

16 the altar on which to burn offerings, with its bronze grating attached, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;

17 the curtains for the enclosure, its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure;

18 the Tent pegs and ropes for the Tent and the enclosure;

19 and the magnificent garments the priests are to wear when they serve in the Holy Place - the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons."

20 All the people of Israel left,

21 and everyone who wished to do so brought an offering to the Lord for making the Tent of the Lord's presence. They brought everything needed for use in worship and for making the priestly garments.

22 All who wanted to, both men and women, brought decorative pins, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry and dedicated them to the Lord.

Exodus 35:12-22 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.