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1 Moses called together the whole community of the people of Israel and said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded you to do:
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Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.
2 You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is to be sacred, a solemn day of rest dedicated to me, the Lord. Anyone who does any work on that day is to be put to death.
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Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
3 Do not even light a fire in your homes on the Sabbath."
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You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day. ”
4 Moses said to all the people of Israel, "This is what the Lord has commanded:
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Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded.
5 Make an offering to the Lord. Everyone who wishes to do so is to bring an offering of gold, silver, or bronze;
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Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;
6 fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; cloth made of goats' hair;
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blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,
7 rams' skin dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
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tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood,
8 oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
9 carnelians and other jewels to be set in the High Priest's ephod and in his breastpiece.
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and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
10 "All the skilled workers among you are to come and make everything that the Lord commanded:
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“Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded:
11 the Tent, its covering and its outer covering, its hooks and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;
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the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
12 the Covenant Box, its poles, its lid, and the curtain to screen it off;
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the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;
13 the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God;
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the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
14 the lampstand for the light and its equipment; the lamps with their oil;
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the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
15 the altar for burning incense and its poles; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;
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and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
16 the altar on which to burn offerings, with its bronze grating attached, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;
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the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;
17 the curtains for the enclosure, its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure;
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the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;
18 the Tent pegs and ropes for the Tent and the enclosure;
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the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;
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."
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the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests. ”
20 All the people of Israel left,
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Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
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.
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And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy 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.
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So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.
23 Everyone who had fine linen; blue, purple, or red wool; cloth of goats' hair; rams' skin dyed red; or fine leather, brought it.
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And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them.
24 All who were able to contribute silver or bronze brought their offering for the Lord, and all who had acacia wood which could be used for any of the work brought it.
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Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.
25 All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they had made.
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And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.
26 They also made thread of goats' hair.
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All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair.
27 The leaders brought carnelians and other jewels to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece
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And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,
28 and spices and oil for the lamps, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense.
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and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29 All the people of Israel who wanted to brought their offering to the Lord for the work which he had commanded Moses to do.
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All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord.
30 Moses said to the Israelites, "The Lord has chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur from the tribe of Judah.
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Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
31 God has filled him with his power and given him skill, ability, and understanding for every kind of artistic work,
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and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
32 for planning skillful designs and working them in gold, silver, and bronze;
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to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,
33 for cutting jewels to be set; for carving wood; and for every other kind of artistic work.
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in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.
34 The Lord has given to him and to Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their crafts to others.
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And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
35 He has given them skill in all kinds of work done by engravers, designers, and weavers of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and other cloth. They are able to do all kinds of work and are skillful designers.
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He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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