Exodus 35:1-7

1 Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the LORD has commanded you to follow.

2 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD . Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

3 You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”

4 Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

5 Take a sacred offering for the LORD . Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD : gold, silver, and bronze;

6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;

7 tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; acacia wood;

Exodus 35:1-7 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.