Exodus 35

Revised Geneva Translation

35 Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them:

² “Six days shall you work, but the seventh day shall be to you the Holy Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does work thereon, shall die.

³ “Upon the Sabbath day, you shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations.”

⁴ Again, Moses spoke to all the Congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD commands, saying,

⁵ ‘Take an offering to the LORD, from among you. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring this offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and copper,

⁶ “blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, fine linen and goats’ hair,

⁷ “rams’ skins (dyed red) and badgers’ skins (with shittim wood),

⁸ “oil for light, spices (for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense),

⁹ “onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

¹⁰ “And all the wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

¹¹ “the Tabernacle and its pavilion, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its poles, its pillars, and its sockets,

¹² “the Ark and its poles, the Mercy Seat and the veil that covers it,

¹³ “the Table and its poles and all its instruments, the Showbread,

¹⁴ “the Lampstand for light, its instruments and its lamps with the oil for the light,

¹⁵ “the Altar of Incense and its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the veil of the door at the entrance of the Tabernacle,

¹⁶ “the Altar of Burnt Offering with its copper grate, its poles, all its instruments, the basin and its pedestal,

¹⁷ “the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the veil of the gate of the court,

¹⁸ “the pegs of the Tabernacle, the pegs of the court (with their cords),

¹⁹ “the ministering garments to minister in the Holy Place, the holy garments of Aaron the Priest and the garments of his sons, so that they may minister in the Priest’s office.”

²⁰ Then, all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

²¹ And everyone whose heart encouraged him, and everyone whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and for all its uses and for the holy garments.

²² Both men and women, as many as were of a willing heart, came and brought clasps and earrings and rings and bracelets (all jewels of gold). So was everyone who offered an offering of gold to the LORD.

²³ Also, every man who had blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins (dyed red) and badgers’ skins, brought them.

²⁴ All who offered an oblation of silver, and of copper, brought the offering to the LORD. And everyone who had shittim wood for any kind of ministry work, brought it.

²⁵ And all the skilled women spun with their hands and brought the spun work: the blue silk, the purple, the scarlet, and fine linen.

²⁶ Likewise, all the women whose hearts were moved with skill, spun goats’ hair.

²⁷ And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,

²⁸ and spice and oil (for light and for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense).

²⁹ Every man and woman of the children of Israel whose hearts had moved them to willingly contribute to all the work which the LORD had commanded them to make (by the hand of Moses), brought a free offering to the LORD.

³⁰ Then Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, the LORD has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

³¹ “And He has filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdom—of understanding, and of knowledge, in all manner of workmanship—

³² “to create ingenious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

³³ “in cutting and setting stones, in woodcarving, and the making of any type of fine work.

³⁴ “And He has put in his heart the ability to teach others—both he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

³⁵ “He has filled them with skill to create all types of engraving and embroidery and needle work, in blue silk, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen and weaving, to do all kinds of work and design.”