Exodus 35:6-16

6 And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

7 And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood,

8 And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.

9 And beryls and jewels to be cut for the ephod and for the priest's bag.

10 And let every wise-hearted man among you come and make whatever has been ordered by the Lord;

11 The House and its tent and its cover, its hooks and its boards, its rods and its pillars and its bases;

12 The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;

13 The table and its rods and all its vessels, and the holy bread;

14 And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;

15 And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;

16 The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, its rods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;

Exodus 35:6-16 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.