Exodus 35

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

Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:

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.

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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

Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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

Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

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 from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

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

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

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

ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

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

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant 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 gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

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

Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:

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

the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;

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 with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

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 with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

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 lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and 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,

the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to 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 bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

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 curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;

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

the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;

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

and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

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

Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew 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 everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, 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.

So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

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.

Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, 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.

And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part 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.

Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

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

And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat 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.

The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

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.

as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant 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.

So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

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.

Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel 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 has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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

to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

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.

to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

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 the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

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.

He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.