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1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the Israelites and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:
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Moses gathered together the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
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Do your work for six days, but the seventh day should be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest for the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath will be put to death.
3 You shall kindle no fire in all your dwellings on the sabbath day.
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Don't start a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.
4 Moses said to all the congregation of the Israelites: This is the thing that the Lord has commanded:
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Moses said to the whole Israelite community, This is what the LORD has commanded:
5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; let whoever is of a generous heart bring the Lord's offering: gold, silver, and bronze;
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Collect gift offerings for the LORD from all of you. Whoever freely wants to give should bring the LORD's gift offerings: gold, silver, and copper;
6 blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine linen; goats' hair,
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blue, purple, and deep red yarns; fine linen; goats' hair;
7 tanned rams' skins, and fine leather; acacia wood,
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rams' skins dyed red; beaded leather; acacia wood;
8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
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the oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;
9 and onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece.
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gemstones; and gems for setting in the priest's vest and in the priest's chest pendant.
10 All who are skillful among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle,
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All of you who are skilled in crafts should come forward and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
11 its tent and its covering, its clasps and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
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the dwelling, its tent and its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its posts, and its bases,
12 the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain for the screen;
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the chest with its poles and its cover, the veil for a screen,
13 the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
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the table with its poles and all its equipment, the bread of the presence,
14 the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
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the lampstand for light with its equipment and its lamps, the oil for the light,
15 and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance, the entrance of the tabernacle;
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the incense altar with its poles, the anointing oil and the sweet-smelling incense, the entrance screen for the dwelling's entrance,
16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin with its stand;
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the altar for entirely burned offerings with its copper grate, its poles, and all its equipment, the washbasin with its stand,
17 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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the courtyard's drapes, its posts, and its bases, and the screen for the courtyard gate,
18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;
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the dwelling's tent pegs and the courtyard's tent pegs, and their cords,
19 the finely worked vestments for ministering in the holy place, the holy vestments for the priest Aaron, and the vestments of his sons, for their service as priests.
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the woven clothing for ministering in the sanctuary, and the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and his sons for their service as priests.
20 Then all the congregation of the Israelites withdrew from the presence of Moses.
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The whole Israelite community left Moses.
21 And they came, everyone whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and brought the Lord's offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the sacred vestments.
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Everyone who was excited and eager to participate brought the LORD's gift offerings to be used for building the meeting tent and all its furnishings and for the holy clothes.
22 So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and pendants, all sorts of gold objects, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord.
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Both men and women came forward. Everyone who was eager to participate brought pins, earrings, rings, and necklaces, all sorts of gold objects. Everyone raised an uplifted offering of gold to the LORD.
23 And everyone who possessed blue or purple or crimson yarn or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or fine leather, brought them.
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And everyone who had blue or purple or deep red yarn or fine linen or goats' hair or rams' skins dyed red or beaded leather brought them.
24 Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord's offering; and everyone who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work, brought it.
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Everyone who could make a gift offering of silver or copper brought it as the LORD's gift offering. Everyone who had acacia wood that could be used in any kind of building work brought it.
25 All the skillful women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and crimson yarns and fine linen;
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All the skilled women spun cloth with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and deep red yarns and fine linen.
26 all the women whose hearts moved them to use their skill spun the goats' hair.
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All the women who were eager to use their skill spun the goats' hair.
27 And the leaders brought onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and the breastpiece,
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The chiefs brought gemstones and gems to be set in the priest's vest and the chest pendant,
28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
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spices and oil for light and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense.
29 All the Israelite men and women whose hearts made them willing 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.
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All the Israelite men and women who were eager to contribute something for the work that the LORD had commanded Moses to do brought it as a spontaneous gift to the LORD.
30 Then Moses said to the Israelites: See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
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Then Moses said to the Israelites: “Look, the LORD has chosen Bezalel, Uri's son and Hur's grandson from the tribe of Judah.
31 he has filled him with divine spirit, with skill, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft,
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The LORD has filled him with the divine spirit that will give him skill, ability, and knowledge for every kind of work.
32 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,
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He will be able to create designs, do metalwork in gold, silver, and copper,
33 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, in every kind of craft.
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cut stones for setting, carve wood, do every kind of creative work,
34 And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
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and have the ability to teach others. Both he and Oholiab, Ahisamach's son from the tribe of Dan,
35 He has filled them with skill to do every kind of work done by an artisan or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in fine linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of artisan or skilled designer.
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have been given the skill to do every kind of work done by a gem cutter or a designer or a needleworker in blue, purple, and deep red yarns and in fine linen or a weaver or anyone else doing work or creating designs.
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