1 Then Mosesassembledall the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "1These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
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"2For sixdayswork may be done, but on the seventhday you shall have a holy day, 3a sabbath of completerest to the LORD; 4whoeverdoes any work on it shall be put to death.
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"5You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbathday."
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Mosesspoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the thingwhich the LORD has commanded, saying,
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'6Take from among you a contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willingheart, let him bring it as the LORD'Scontribution: gold, silver, and bronze,
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and blue, purple and scarlet material, finelinen, goats' hair,
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and rams'skinsdyedred, and porpoiseskins, and acaciawood,
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and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointingoil, and for the fragrantincense,
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and onyxstones and settingstones for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
Tabernacle Workmen
10 '7Let everyskillful*man* among you come, and makeall that the LORD has commanded:
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the 8tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
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the 9ark and its poles, the mercyseat, and the curtain of the screen;
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the 10table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
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the 11lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light;
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and the 12altar of incense and its poles, and the 13anointingoil and the 14fragrantincense, and the screen for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle;
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15the altar of burntoffering with its bronzegrating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;
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16the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords;
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the 17wovengarments for ministering in the holy place, the holygarments 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 Israeldeparted from Moses'presence.
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18Everyone*whoseheartstirred him and everyonewhosespiritmoved him came and brought the LORD'Scontribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holygarments.
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Then all whose heartsmoved them, both men and women, came and broughtbrooches and earrings and signetrings and bracelets, allarticles of gold; so did everymanwhopresented an offering of gold to the LORD.
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Everyman, whohad in his possessionblue and purple and scarlet material and finelinen and goats' hair and rams'skinsdyedred and porpoiseskins, brought them.
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Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronzebrought the LORD'Scontribution; and every man whohad in his possessionacaciawood for anywork of the servicebrought it.
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All the skilled*womenspun with their hands, and broughtwhat they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in finelinen.
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All the womenwhoseheartstirred with a skillspun the goats' hair.
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The rulersbrought the onyxstones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece;
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and 19the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointingoil and for the fragrantincense.
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The Israelites*, all the men and women, whoseheartmoved them to bring material for all the work, which the LORD had commandedthroughMoses to be done, brought a 20freewilloffering to the LORD.
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21Then Mosessaid to the sons of Israel, "See, the LORD has called by nameBezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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"And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in allcraftsmanship;
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to makedesigns for working in gold and in silver and in bronze,
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and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in everyinventivework.
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"He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and 22Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
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"23He has filled them with skill* to performeverywork of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in finelinen, and of a weaver, as performers of everywork and makers of designs.