Exodus 35

1 Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that Yahweh has commanded you to do.

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

2 On six days work may be done, but for you, the seventh day must be a holy day, a Sabbath day of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day must 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 You must not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

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

4 Moses spoke to all the community of the Israelites, saying, “This is the thing that Yahweh commanded.

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

5 Take an offering for Yahweh, all of you who have a willing heart. Bring an offering to Yahweh—gold, silver, 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 blue, purple, and scarlet wool and fine linen; goats' hair;

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

7 ram skins dyed red and sea cow hides; acacia wood;

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

8 oil for the sanctuary lamps, spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense,

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

9 onyx stones and other precious stones to be set for the ephod and breastpiece.

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

10 Every skilled man among you is to come and make everything that Yahweh has commanded—

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

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

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

12 also the ark with its poles, the atonement lid, and the curtain to conceal it.

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

13 They brought the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence;

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 the lights, with its accessories, its lamps, and the oil for the lamps;

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

15 the incense altar with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the tabernacle entrance;

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 burnt offerings with its bronze grate and its poles and utensils; and the large basin with 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 They brought the hangings for the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the courtyard entrance;

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 and the tent pegs for the tabernacle and courtyard, together with their ropes.

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

19 They brought the finely-woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons, for them to serve as priests.”

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

20 Then all the tribes of Israel left and went away from Moses's presence.

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

21 Everyone whose heart stirred him up and whom his spirit made willing came and brought an offering to Yahweh for the construction of the tabernacle, for all the items of service in it, 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 They came, both men and women, all who had a willing heart. They brought brooches, earrings, rings, and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry. They all presented offerings of gold as a wave offering to 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 Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet wool, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or sea cow skins brought them.

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 making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to Yahweh, and everyone who had acacia wood for any use in the work brought it.

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 Every skilled woman spun wool with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple, or scarlet wool, or 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 All the women whose hearts stirred them up and who had skill spun goats' hair.

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

27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be set into the ephod and 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 they brought spices and oil for the lamps, for the 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 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart was willing brought materials for all the work that Yahweh had commanded through Moses to be made.

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 Moses said to the Israelites, “See, Yahweh has called by name on Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, from 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 He has filled Bezalel with his Spirit, to give him wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, for all kinds of craftsmanship,

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 make artistic designs and to work in gold, silver, and bronze;

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

33 also to cut and set stones and to carve wood—to do all kinds of design and craftsmanship.

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 He has put it in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from 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 skill to do all kinds of work, to work as craftsmen, as engravers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet wool and fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all sorts of work, and they are artistic designers.

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.