Exodus 35:4-29

Contributions for the Tabernacle

4 Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the LORD has commanded.

5 ¹Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. ²Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;

6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair,

7 tanned rams' skins, and goatskins;^[a] acacia wood,

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

9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

10 "Let ³every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

11 ⁴the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

12 ⁵the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the ⁶veil of the screen;

13 ⁷the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the ⁸bread of the Presence;

14 ⁹the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the ¹⁰oil for the light;

15 ¹¹and the altar of incense, with its poles, ¹²and the anointing oil and the ¹³fragrant incense, and ¹⁴the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

16 ¹⁵the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the ¹⁶basin and its stand;

17 ¹⁷the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

18 ¹⁸the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their ¹⁹cords;

19 the ²⁰finely worked garments for ministering^[b] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests."

20 Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21 And they came, ²¹everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, ²²and brought the LORD's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

22 So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD.

23 And ²³every one who possessed ²⁴blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or goatskins brought them.

24 ²⁵Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD's contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.

25 And every ²⁶skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

26 All the women ²⁷whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair.

27 And the ²⁸leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

29 ²⁹All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD.

Exodus 35:4-29 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.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 5-9, see Exodus 25:2-7
• 2. See Exodus 25:2
• 3. ver. 25; Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 36:1, 2
• 4. See Exodus 26:1-30
• 5. See Exodus 25:10-16
• 6. Exodus 26:31, 33; Exodus 39:34; Exodus 40:3, 21; Numbers 4:5
• 7. See Exodus 25:23-29
• 8. Exodus 25:30
• 9. See Exodus 25:31-39
• 10. Exodus 27:20
• 11. See Exodus 30:1-10
• 12. See Exodus 30:23-33
• 13. See Exodus 30:34-38
• 14. Exodus 26:36
• 15. See Exodus 27:1-8
• 16. See Exodus 30:18-21
• 17. See Exodus 27:9-17
• 18. Exodus 27:19
• 19. Exodus 39:40
• 20. Exodus 31:10
• 21. See Exodus 25:2
• 22. Exodus 36:3
• 23. [1 Chronicles 29:8]
• 24. ver. 6, 7; Exodus 25:4, 5
• 25. Exodus 36:3, 6
• 26. ver. 10
• 27. [See ver. 21 above]
• 28. [1 Chronicles 29:6-8; Ezra 2:68]
• 29. Exodus 36:3

Footnotes

• [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 23; compare 25:5
• [b]. Or garments for worship; see 31:10