Exodus 35

1 And Moses collected all the assembly of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the things which Jehovah has commanded, to 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 Jehovah: whoever does work on it 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 kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon the sabbath day.

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

4 And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, This is the word which Jehovah has commanded, saying,

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

5 Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart [is] willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering — 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, and byssus, and goats' [hair],

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

7 and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia-wood,

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

8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

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 to be set 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 who are wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that Jehovah has 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 clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

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

12 the ark, and its staves; the mercy-seat, and the veil of 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 utensils, and the shewbread;

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 lamp-stand for the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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 fragrant drugs; and the entrance-curtain 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, and the copper grating for it, its staves, and all its utensils; the laver and its stand;

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 bases, and the curtains of the gate 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 pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

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

19 the garments of service, to do service in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to serve 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 assembly of the children of Israel departed from before Moses.

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

21 And they came, every one whose heart moved him, and every one whose spirit prompted him; they brought Jehovah's heave-offering for the work of the tent of meeting, 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, both men and women; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all kinds of utensils of gold: every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

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, and byssus, 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 All they that offered a heave-offering of silver and copper brought Jehovah's heave-offering. And every one with whom was found acacia-wood for all manner of 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 every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.

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 moved them in wisdom spun goats' [hair].

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

27 And the principal men brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, 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 the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs.

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 The children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.

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 to the children of Israel, See, Jehovah has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, 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 has 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 artistic things: to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

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

33 and in cutting of stones, for setting, and in carving of wood, to execute all artistic work;

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 he has put in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, 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 has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the artificer, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in byssus, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do every kind of work, and of those that devise artistic work.

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.