Exodus 35

1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, These [are] the words which the LORD hath commanded, that [ye] should do them.

Therefore, when all the multitude of the sons of Israel had gathered together, he said to them: “These are the things that the Lord has ordered to be done:

2 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever doth work therein shall be put to death.

For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, the Sabbath and the rest of the Lord, will be holy to you; whoever will have done any work in it shall be killed.

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

You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwelling places throughout the day of the Sabbath.”

4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

And Moses said to the entire crowd of the sons of Israel: “This is the word which the Lord has instructed, saying:

5 Take ye from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever [is] of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

Separate from among you the first-fruits to the Lord. Let all who are willing and have a ready soul offer these to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],

hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

and the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins, setim wood,

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

and oil to prepare lights and to produce ointment, and most sweet incense,

9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breast-plate.

onyx stones and gems, to adorn the ephod and the breastplate.

10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

And whoever among you is wise, let him come and make what the Lord has commanded:

11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its buttons, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

the tabernacle, certainly, and its roof, and also the covering, the rings, and the panels with the bars, the tent pegs and the bases,

12 The ark, and its staffs, [with] the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering,

the ark and its bars, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it,

13 The table, and its staffs, and all its vessels, and the show-bread,

the table with its bars and vessels, and the bread of the presence,

14 The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light,

the lampstand to hold up the lights, its vessels and lamps, and the oil to the nourish the fire,

15 And the incense-altar, and its staffs, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,

the altar of incense and its bars, and the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics, the tent at the door of the tabernacle,

16 The altar of burnt-offering, with its brazen grate, its staffs, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot,

the altar of holocaust and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels, the washtub and its base,

17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

the curtains of the atrium, with the columns and the bases, the hanging at the doors of the vestibule,

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

the tent pegs of the tabernacle and the atrium, with their little cords,

19 The clothes of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

the vestments, which are to be used in the ministry of the Sanctuary, the vestments of Aaron, the high priest, as well as those of his sons, in order to exercise the priesthood to me.”

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

And all the multitude of the sons of Israel, departing from the sight of Moses,

21 And they came, every one whose heart excited him, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

offered the first-fruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatever was needed for worship and for the holy vestments,

22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, [and] brought bracelets, and ear-rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold; and every man that offered, [offered] an offering of gold to the LORD.

men along with women provided: arm bands and earrings, rings and bracelets. And every vessel of gold was separated, to be donated to the Lord.

23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought [them].

If anyone had hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, fine linen and the hair of goats, the skins of rams, dyed red, and violet skins,

24 Every one that offered an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD'S offering: and every man with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought [it].

metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, along with setim wood for various uses.

25 And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen.

But the skillful women also gave whatever they had spun: hyacinth, purple, and vermillion, as well as fine linen,

26 And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' [hair].

and the hair of goats, donating everything of their own accord.

27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breast-plate;

Yet truly, the leaders offered onyx stones and gems, for the ephod and the breastplate,

28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

and aromatics and oil, to maintain the lights, and to prepare ointment, and also to produce incense with a most sweet odor.

29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

All the men and women offered donations with a devout mind, so that the works might be done which the Lord had ordered by the hand of Moses. All the sons of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.

30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

And Moses said to the sons of Israel: “Behold, the Lord has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

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

and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, and all teaching,

32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

to design and to fashion, with gold and silver and brass,

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set [them], and in carving of wood, to make any manner of curious work.

and with engraving stones, and with the skill of a carpenter. Whatever can be skillfully invented,

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

he has given to his heart. It is likewise with Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan.

35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful workmen, 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 work, and of those that devise curious work.

He has taught both of them wisdom, in order to do the work of carpentry, tapestry, and embroidery, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, and every textile, and to discover whatever may be new.”