Exodus 35

1 And Moses called together all the assembly of the sons of Israel and said unto them, —These are the things which Yahweh hath 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, shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keeping, unto Yahweh, whosoever doeth work therein 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 not kindle 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 spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying,

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

5 Take ye from among you, a heave-offering to Yahweh, every one whose heart is willing shall bring it in, even the heave-offering of Yahweh, 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 crimson and fine linen and goat’s-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 giving light, and aromatic spices for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense;

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

9 and onyx stones and setting stones, for the ephod, and for the breastpiece.

[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, shall come in, that they may make, all that which Yahweh hath commanded: —

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

11 the habitation, its tent, and its covering, —its clasps its boards, and 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 with its staves the propitiatory, and the screening veil;

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 with its staves and all its utensils, and the Presence-bread:

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 the lampstand for giving light, with its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for giving 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 incense altar, with its staves, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense, —and the entrance screen, for the entrance of the habitation;

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 for the ascending-sacrifice, and the bronze grating which pertaineth thereto, 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 for the court, its pillars and its sockets, —and the screen for 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 habitation, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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

19 the cloths of variegated stuff for ministering in the sanctuary, —the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for ministering as priests.

and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the Holy Place.”

20 So all the assembly of the sons of Israel went forth from the presence of Moses;

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

21 and they brought in—every man whose heart lifted him up, —and, every one whose spirit made him willing, brought in the heave-offering of Yahweh, for the construction 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 Yea they brought in—the men with the women, —all who were willing-hearted, brought in—bracelets and nose-ornaments and rings, and buckles, all manner of jewels of gold, even every man who waved a wave-offering of gold unto Yahweh.

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 crimson and fine linen and goat’s-hair, —and rams’ skins dyed red and badgers’ skins 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 Every one who would heave a heave-offering of silver or bronze, brought in the heave-offering of Yahweh, —and, every one with whom was found acacia wood for any construction for 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, all the women who were wise-hearted, with their hands, did spin, —and brought in that which they had spun—the blue, and the purple, the crimson, and the fine 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 hearts lifted them up with wisdom, span the goat’s-hair.

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

27 And the princes, brought in the onyx stones and the setting stones, —for the ephod and for the breastpiece;

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 aromatic spices, and the oil, —for giving light, and for anointing oil, and for the fragrant 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 [In the case of], every male and woman whose heart, made them willing, to bring in for any construction which, Yahweh had commanded them to make, by the hand of Moses, [in their case] did the sons of Israel bring in a free-will offering unto Yahweh.

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 unto the sons of Israel—See! Yahweh hath called by name, —Bezaleel son of Uri, 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 filled him with the spirit of God, —in, wisdom in understanding and in knowledge, and in all manner of execution;

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 to devise skilful designs, —to work in gold and in silver and in bronze;

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

33 and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the cutting of wood, —to work in any manner of skilful workmanship,

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 To teach also, hath he put in his heart, [the heart of] him, and of Oholiab—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 hath filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of workmanship of cutter, and deviser and embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in crimson and in fine linen and of the weaver, —workers of any manner of workmanship, and devisers of skilful 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.