Exodus 35

1 Moses/I gathered all the Israeli people together and said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do:

And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2 [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.

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 Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

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

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

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

And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,

5 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,

Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah’s offering: gold, and silver, and brass,

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

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],

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

and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,

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

and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

9 [valuable] onyx stones or [other] valuable stones to fasten onto the [priest’s] sacred apron and put on his sacred chest pouch.

and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

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

And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

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

the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

12 the sacred chest with its poles and its lid, the curtain that will separate the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place,

the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen;

13 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,

the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;

14 the lampstand for the lamps with all the things that will be used to take care of them, the oil for the lamps,

the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

15 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,

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;

16 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,

the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

17 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,

the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

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

the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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

the finely wrought 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.

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

And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21 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].

And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] brought Jehovah’s offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.

22 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.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, [and] brought brooches, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah.

23 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.

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.

24 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.

Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah’s offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.

25 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.

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.

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

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ [hair].

27 All the leaders brought valuable onyx stones and other valuable stones to be fastened to Aaron’s sacred apron and his sacred chest pouch.

And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

28 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.

and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

29 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.

The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.

30 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.

And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

31 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.

and he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

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

and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33 He can cut (jewels/valuable stones) and enclose them [in tiny gold frames]. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work.

and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

34 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.

And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35 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.

Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, 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.