Exodus 35

1 And Moses gathered together all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the things which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Moses/I gathered all the Israeli people together and said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do:

2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doth work thereon shall be put to death.

[Each week] you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. It is a sacred day, dedicated to Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on the seventh day must be executed.

3 Ye shall not kindle any fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Do not [even] light a fire in your homes on days of rest.”

4 And Moses said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying,

Moses/I also said to all the Israeli people, “This is [also] what Yahweh has commanded:

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 copper,

Make offerings to Yahweh. Everyone who wants to should bring to Yahweh an offering. [These are the things that they may offer]: Gold, silver, bronze,

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and linen thread, and goats' hair,

fine white linen, blue or purple or red cloth, [cloth made from] goats’ hair,

7 And rams' skills dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

rams’ skins that are (tanned/dyed red), fine leather made from goatskins, wood from acacia [trees],

8 And oil for the lighting, and spices, for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices,

oil for the lamps, spices to put in the olive oil for anointing and in the sweet-smelling incense,

9 And onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

[valuable] onyx stones or [other] valuable stones to fasten onto the [priest’s] sacred apron and put on his sacred chest pouch.

10 And all the wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that which the Lord hath commanded:

“All the skilled workers among you should come and make all the things that Yahweh has commanded:

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

The Sacred Tent and its covering, its fasteners and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, its bases,

12 The ark, and its staves, [with] the mercy-seat, and the vail of the separation;

the sacred chest with its poles and its lid, the curtain that will separate the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place,

13 The table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;

the table with the poles [for carrying it] and all the things that will be used with the table, the sacred bread that will be offered to God,

14 And the candlestick for the lighting, and its vessel, and its lamps, with the oil for the lighting;

the lampstand for the lamps with all the things that will be used to take care of them, the oil for the lamps,

15 And the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

the altar for [burning] incense, and the poles [for carrying that altar], the oil for anointing and the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance of the Sacred Tent,

16 The altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of copper, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot;

the altar for offering [sacrifices that will be completely] burned and its bronze grating, the poles [for carrying] that altar and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base,

17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court;

the curtains [to surround] the courtyard and the posts and bases [for the posts from which to hang the curtains], the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard,

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

the pegs and ropes for the Sacred Tent and for the courtyard,

19 The cloths of service, to do service therewith in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in as priests.

and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the Holy Place.”

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

Then all the Israeli people returned [to their tents].

21 And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up; and every one whom his spirit made willing, brought the Lord's offering for the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

Everyone who wanted to brought an offering to Yahweh. They brought some of the things that would be used to make the Sacred Tent and all the other items that would be used in the rituals, and the materials to make the sacred clothes [for the priests].

22 And they came, the men with the women; whoever was willing-hearted, brought bracelets, and earrings, and finger-rings, and tablets, all kinds of ornaments of gold, and every man that offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.

All the men and women who wanted to brought gold ornaments, earrings, rings, necklaces, and many other kinds of things made of gold, and they dedicated them to Yahweh.

23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and linen thread, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, brought them.

And many [HYP] people who had blue, purple, or red cloth or fine white linen or cloth made from goats’ hair or rams’ skins that were (tanned/dyed red) or leather made from goatskins brought some of these things.

24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and copper brought it as the Lord's offering; and every one with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

All those who had silver or bronze brought them as offerings to Yahweh. All those who had some acacia wood that could be used for any of the work brought it.

25 And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and they brought that which they had spun, of the blue, and of the purple, and of the scarlet yarn, and of the linen thread.

All the women who were skilled to make cloth brought fine linen thread and blue, purple, or red yarn/thread that they had made/spun.

26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.

And all the women who wanted to made/spun thread from goats’ hair.

27 And the princes brought the onyx stones, and the stones for setting, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

All the leaders brought valuable onyx stones and other valuable stones to be fastened to Aaron’s sacred apron and his sacred chest pouch.

28 And the spice and the oil, for lighting, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices.

They also brought spices [to put in the sweet-smelling incense], and they brought olive oil for the lamps and for the oil for anointing and for putting in the sweet-smelling incense.

29 Every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made, by the hand of Moses, even that brought the children of Israel as a free-will offering unto the Lord.

All the Israeli men and women who wanted to brought these things to offer them to Yahweh, for doing the work that he had commanded Moses/me to do.

30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, of the tribe of Judah;

Moses/I said to the Israeli people, “Listen carefully. Yahweh has chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

Yahweh has enabled his Spirit to completely control Bezalel and has given him ability and enabled him to know how to do very skilled work.

32 And to devise works of art, to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze.

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in the carving of wood, to make any manner of work of art.

He can cut (jewels/valuable stones) and enclose them [in tiny gold frames]. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.

34 And to teach hath he put in his heart, both to him, and to Aholiab, the son of Achissamach, of the tribe of Dan.

Yahweh has also given to him and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.

35 He hath filled them with wisdom of heart, to execute all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the designing weaver, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet yarn, and in linen thread, and of the weaver, of those that do every species of work, and of those that devise works of art.

He has given to them the ability to do all kinds of work that is done by craftsmen—those who create artistic things, those who make fine white linen, those who embroider designs using blue or purple or red yarn/thread, and those who make other cloth. They are able to do many [HYP] kinds of skillful work.