Exodus 35:4-14

4 And Moses spoke unto 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 unto the LORD. Whosoever 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 breastplate.

10 "`And every wisehearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD hath commanded:

11 the tabernacle, his tent and his covering, his clasps, and his boards, his bars, his pillars and his sockets;

12 the ark and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat and the veil of the covering;

13 the table and his staves and all his vessels, and the showbread;

14 the candlestick also for the light, and his furniture and his lamps with 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.