Exodus 35:4-14

4 And Moses speaketh unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying,

5 Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart [is] willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,

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

7 and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume,

9 and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

10 `And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

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

12 `The ark and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering,

13 `The table and its staves, and all its vessels, and the bread of the presence,

14 `And the candlestick for the light, and its vessels, and its 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.