< Exodus 35 >
1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
And all the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together, he said to them: These are the things which the Lord hath commanded to be done.
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
Six days you shall do work: the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath, and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.'
You shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.
4 And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying:
And Moses said to all the assembly of the children of Israel: This is the word the Lord hath commanded, saying:
5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD, whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD'S offering: gold, and silver, and brass;
Set aside with you firstfruits to the Lord. Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart, offer them to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,
6 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, goats’ hair,
7 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;
And rams’ skins dyed red, and violet coloured skins, setim wood,
8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense;
And oil to maintain lights, and to make ointment, and most sweet incense.
9 and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Onyx stones, and precious stones, for the adorning of the ephod and the rational.
10 And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded:
Whosoever of you is wise, let him come, and make that which the Lord hath commanded:
11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
To wit, the tabernacle and the roof thereof, and the cover, the rings, and the board work with the oars, the pillars, and the sockets:
12 the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen;
The ark and the staves, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it:
13 the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;
The table with the bars and the vessels, and the loaves of proposition:
14 the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
The candlestick to bear up the lights, the vessels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires:
15 and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
The altar of incense, and the bars, and the oil of unction and the incense of spices: the hanging at the door of the tabernacle:
16 the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
The altar of holocaust, and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels thereof: the laver and its foot:
17 the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
The curtains of the court with the pillars and the sockets, the hanging in the doors of the entry,
18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;
The pins of the tabernacle and of the court with their little cords:
19 the plaited garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'
The vestments that are to be used in the ministry of the sanctuary, the vesture of Aaron the high priest, and of his sons, to do the office of priesthood to me.
20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
And all the multitude of the children of Israel going out from the presence of Moses,
21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought the LORD'S offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.
Offered firstfruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to make the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatsoever was necessary to the service, and to the holy vestments,
22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought nose-rings, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold; even every man that brought an offering of gold unto the LORD.
Both men and women gave bracelets and earrings, rings and tablets: every vessel of gold was set aside to be offered to the Lord.
23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
If any man had violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, fine linen and goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and violet coloured skins,
24 Every one that did set apart an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD'S offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.
Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, and setim wood for divers uses.
25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
The skillful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
And goats’ hair, giving all of their own accord.
27 And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
But the princes offered onyx stone, and precious stones, for the ephod and the rational,
28 and the spice, and the oil, for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
And spices and oil for the lights, and for the preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of most sweet savour.
29 The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto the LORD; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses to be made.
All both men and women with devout mind offered gifts, that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.
30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel: 'See, the LORD hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
And Moses said to the children of Israel: Behold the Lord hath called by name Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda.
31 And He hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.
And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding and knowledge and all learning.
32 And to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
To devise and to work in gold and silver and brass,
33 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.
And in engraving stones, and in carpenters’ work. Whatsoever can be devised artificially,
34 And He hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
He hath given in his heart: Ooliab also the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan:
35 Them hath He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the craftsman, and of the skilful workman, and of the weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.
Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom, to do carpenters’ work and tapestry, and embroidery in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new things.