1 The Sabbath Command Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that Yahweh has commandedyouto 35:1Lit do them do:
2 “Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holyday, a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
3 You shall not kindle a fire in any of yourplaces ofhabitation on the sabbath day.”Willing Hearts Contribute to Yahweh
4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying,
5 ‘Take from among you a 35:5Or heave offering contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a 35:5Or heave offering contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver, and 35:5Or copper bronze,
6 and 35:6Or violet blue, purple, and scarletmaterial, fine linen, goats’hair,
7 and rams’ skins 35:7 Or tanned dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood,
8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense,
9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the 35:9Or pouch breastpiece.
10 ‘And let everyone 35:10Or skillful wise at heart among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
11 the 35:11Lit dwelling place tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
12 the ark and its poles, the 35:12Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen;
13 the table and its poles, and all its 35:13Or vessels utensils, and the bread of the 35:13Lit Face Presence;
14 the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light;
15 and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the 35:15Or doorway entrance of the tabernacle;
16 the altar of burnt offering with its 35:16Or copper bronze grating, its poles, and all its 35:16Or vessels utensils, the laver and its stand;
17 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;
18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords;
19 the 35:19Or service garments woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”Contributions Brought by the People
20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from Moses’ presence.
21 And everyone whose heart 35:21Lit lifted up stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing cameandbrought the 35:21Or heave offering contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.
22 Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, cameandbrought brooches and 35:22Or nose rings earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; sodidevery man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh.
23 And every man, 35:23Lit with whom was found who had in his possession 35:23Or violet blue and purple and scarletmaterialand fine linen and goats’hairand rams’ skins 35:23Or tanned dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.
24 Everyone who could raise up a 35:24Or heave offering contribution of silver and 35:24Or copper bronze brought the 35:24Or heave offering contribution to Yahweh; and every man 35:24Lit with whom was found who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.
25 All the women 35:25Or skilled wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun,in 35:25Or violet blue and purpleandscarletmaterialandinfine linen.
26 And all the women whose heart 35:26Lit lifted them up in wisdom stirred with wisdom spun the goats’hair.
27 And the rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the 35:27Or pouch breastpiece;
28 and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
29 The sons of Israel—all the men and women whose heart was willing to bringmaterialfor all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do—brought a freewill offering to Yahweh.
30 Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in discernment, and in knowledge, and in all 35:31Or work craftsmanship;
32 to devise 35:32Lit devices designs for working in gold and in silver and in 35:32Or copper bronze,
33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to dowellin every work of thoughtful design.
34 He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
35 He has filled them with 35:35Or skill wisdomin theirheart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in 35:35Or violet blue and in purpleandin scarletmaterialand in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.