Exodus 35:4-14

4 Moshe said to the whole community of the people of Isra'el, "Here is what ADONAI has ordered:

5 'Take up a collection for ADONAI from among yourselves -anyone whose heart makes him willing is to bring the offering for ADONAI: gold, silver and bronze;

6 blue, purple and scarlet yarn; fine linen, goat's hair,

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

8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

9 onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ritual vest and the breastplate.

10 "'Then let all the craftsmen among you come and make everything ADONAI has ordered:

11 the tabernacle with its tent, covering, fasteners, planks, crossbars, posts and sockets;

12 the ark with its poles, ark-cover and the curtain to screen it;

13 the table with its poles, all its utensils and the showbread;

14 the menorah for the light, with its utensils and lamps, and the oil for the light;

Exodus 35:4-14 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.