Exodus 35

1 And Moses assembles all the congregation of the sons of Israel and says to them, “These [are] the things which YHWH 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 [For] six days work is done, and on the seventh day there is a holy [day] for you, a Sabbath of rest to YHWH; any who does work in it is 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 you do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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

4 And Moses speaks to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded, saying,

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

5 Take a raised-offering for YHWH from among you; everyone whose heart [is] willing brings it [as] the raised-offering of YHWH: gold, and silver, and bronze,

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 linen, and goats’ [hair],

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

7 and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim 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 light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice-incense,

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

9 and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a 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 come in, and make all that YHWH has commanded:

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

11 the Dwelling Place, 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 poles, the propitiatory covering, and the veil of the covering,

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 poles, and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presentation,

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 lampstand for the light, and its vessels, 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 poles, and the anointing oil, and the spice-incense, and the covering of the opening at the opening of the Dwelling Place,

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 bronze grate which it has, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

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 their sockets, and the covering 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 pins of the Dwelling Place, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

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

19 the colored garments, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to act as priest in.”

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 sons of Israel go out from the presence of Moses,

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

21 and they come in—every man whom his heart has lifted up, and everyone whom his spirit has made willing—they have brought in the raised-offering of YHWH 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 come in—the men with the women—every willing-hearted one—they have brought in nose-ring, and earring, and seal-ring, and necklace, all golden goods, even everyone who has waved a wave-offering of gold to YHWH.

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 has been found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats’ [hair], and rams’ skins made red, and tachashim skins, have brought [them] in;

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 everyone lifting up a raised-offering of silver and bronze has brought in the raised-offering of YHWH; and everyone with whom has been found shittim wood for any work of the service brought [it] in.

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 wise-hearted woman has spun with her hands, and they bring in yarn—of the blue, and the purple, [and] the scarlet—and the linen;

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 has lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats’ [hair].

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

27 And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, 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 spices, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the spice-incense;

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 of the sons of Israel (whom their heart has made willing to bring in for all the work which YHWH commanded to be done by the hand of Moses) brought in a willing-offering to YHWH.

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 says to the sons of Israel, “See, YHWH has called Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, by name,

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 fills him [with] the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,

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 even to devise inventions to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,

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

33 and in a carving of stones for settings, and in a carving of wood to work in any work of design.

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 [it] in his heart to direct, he and Aholiab, 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 do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who does any work, and of designers of designs.”

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.