Exodus 35:3-13

3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day.

4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

5 Take ye from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever [is] of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breast-plate.

10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its buttons, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

12 The ark, and its staffs, [with] the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering,

13 The table, and its staffs, and all its vessels, and the show-bread,

Exodus 35:3-13 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.