< Exodus 35 >

1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to do.
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever doth work in it shall be put to death.
On six days work may be done, but for you, the seventh day must be a holy day, a Sabbath day of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
You must not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”
4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Moses spoke to all the community of the Israelites, saying, “This is the thing that Yahweh commanded.
5 Take ye from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
Take an offering for Yahweh, all of you who have a willing heart. Bring an offering to Yahweh—gold, silver, bronze,
6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
blue, purple, and scarlet wool and fine linen; goats' hair;
7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;
8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
oil for the sanctuary lamps, spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense,
9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.
10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
Every skilled man among you is to come and make everything that Yahweh has commanded—
11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,
the tabernacle with its tent, its covering, its clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;
12 The ark, and its staffs, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,
also the ark with its poles, the atonement lid, and the curtain to conceal it.
13 The table, and its staffs, and all its vessels, and the showbread,
They brought the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence;
14 The lampstand also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light,
the lampstand for the lights, with its accessories, its lamps, and the oil for the lamps;
15 And the incense altar, and its staffs, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,
the incense altar with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the tabernacle entrance;
16 The altar of burnt offering, with its brasen grate, its staffs, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot,
the altar for burnt offerings with its bronze grate and its poles and utensils; and the large basin with its base.
17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
They brought the hangings for the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the courtyard entrance;
18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
and the tent pegs for the tabernacle and courtyard, together with their ropes.
19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
They brought the finely-woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons, for them to serve as priests.”
20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
Then all the tribes of Israel left and went away from Moses's presence.
21 And they came, every one whose heart was stirred, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Everyone whose heart stirred him up and whom his spirit made willing came and brought an offering to Yahweh for the construction of the tabernacle, for all the items of service in it, and for the holy garments.
22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and necklaces, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold to the LORD.
They came, both men and women, all who had a willing heart. They brought brooches, earrings, rings, and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry. They all presented offerings of gold as a wave offering to Yahweh.
23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.
Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet wool, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or sea cow skins brought them.
24 Every one that offered an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.
Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to Yahweh, and everyone who had acacia wood for any use in the work brought it.
25 And all the women that were wise hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Every skilled woman spun wool with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple, or scarlet wool, or fine linen.
26 And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
All the women whose hearts stirred them up and who had skill spun goats' hair.
27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be set into the ephod and the breastpiece;
28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
they brought spices and oil for the lamps, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, 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.
The Israelites brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart was willing brought materials for all the work that Yahweh had commanded through Moses to be made.
30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
Moses said to the Israelites, “See, Yahweh has called by name on Bezalel son of Uri son 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;
He has filled Bezalel with his Spirit, to give him wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, for all kinds of craftsmanship,
32 And to make beautifully wrought works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
to make artistic designs and to work in gold, silver, and bronze;
33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of skilful work.
also to cut and set stones and to carve wood—to do all kinds of design and craftsmanship.
34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
He has put it in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan.
35 He hath filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skilful workmen, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that make beautifully wrought work.
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work, to work as craftsmen, as engravers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet wool and fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all sorts of work, and they are artistic designers.

< Exodus 35 >