Exodus 35

1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should 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 there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it 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 You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’”

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

4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,

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

5 ‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: 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, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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

7 rams’ skins dyed red, 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 light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

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

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

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

10 “‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

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

11 the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, 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, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;

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 poles and all its vessels, and the show 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 lamp stand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the 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 altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

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 of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and 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 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their 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 tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;

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

19 the finely worked 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.’”

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

20 All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

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

21 They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of 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 They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold 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 with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, 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 who offered an offering of silver and bronze brought Yahweh’s offering; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, 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 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, 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 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

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

27 The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate;

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 with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet 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 children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

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 children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the 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 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

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 and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

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

33 in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful 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 He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the 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 He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

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.