1Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. (出34:32)2Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. (出20:9; 出31:15)3You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” (出16:23)
Contributions for the Tabernacle
4Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded.5Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; (出25:2)6blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,7tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins;[1] acacia wood,8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,9and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.10“Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: (出28:3; 出31:6; 出35:25; 出36:1)11the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; (出26:1)12the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; (出25:10; 出26:31; 出26:33; 出39:34; 出40:3; 出40:21; 民4:5)13the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; (出25:23; 出25:30)14the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; (出25:31; 出27:20)15and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; (出26:36; 出30:1; 出30:23; 出30:34)16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; (出27:1; 出30:18)17the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; (出27:9)18the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords; (出27:19; 出39:40)19the finely worked garments for ministering[2] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.” (出31:10)20Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.21And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. (出25:2; 出36:3)22So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.23And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them. (出25:4; 出35:6; 代上29:8)24Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. (出36:3; 出36:6)25And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. (出35:10)26All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair. (出35:21)27And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, (代上29:6; 拉2:68)28and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.29All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord. (出36:3)
Construction of the Tabernacle
30Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (出31:1)31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, (王上7:14; 代下2:14)32to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,33in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.34And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.35He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer. (出35:31)