Exodus 35

¹ Moses assembled the whole community of the sons of Israel and said to them, ‘These are the things Yahweh has ordered to be done:

² Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh is to be a holy day for you, a day of complete rest, consecrated to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day shall be put to death.

³ You must not light a fire on the sabbath day in any of your homes.’

⁴ Moses spoke to the whole community of the sons of Israel. ‘This’ he said ‘is what Yahweh has commanded:

⁵ Set aside a contribution for Yahweh out of your possessions. Let all give willingly and bring this contribution for Yahweh: gold, silver and bronze;

⁶ purple stuffs, of violet shade and red, crimson stuffs, fine linen, goats’ hair,

⁷ rams’ skins dyed red and fine leather, acacia wood,

⁸ oil for the light, spices for the chrism and for the fragrant incense;

⁹ onyx stones and gems to be set in ephod and pectoral.

¹⁰ Let all the most skilled craftsmen among you come and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

¹¹ the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its sockets;

¹² the ark with its shafts, the throne of mercy and the veil that screens it;

¹³ the table with its shafts and all the furnishings for it, and the loaves of offering;

¹⁴ the lamp-stand for the light, with its accessories, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

¹⁵ the altar of incense with its shafts, the chrism, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance to the tent;

¹⁶ the altar of holocaust with its bronze grating, its shafts, and all the furnishings for it, the basin and its stand;

¹⁷ the hangings of the court, its posts, its sockets, and the screen for the gateway to the court;

¹⁸ the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court, together with their cords;

¹⁹ the sumptuous vestments for service in the sanctuary – sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ vestments – for the priestly functions.’

²⁰ Then the whole community of Israel’s sons withdrew from Moses’ presence.

²¹ And all those whose heart prompted them to give came, bringing their contribution for Yahweh for making the Tent of Meeting, for all its functions and for the sacred vestments.

²² They came, men and women, all giving willingly, bringing brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, gold things of every kind, all those who had vowed to Yahweh some article of gold.

²³ All those who happened to own purple stuffs, of violet shade or red, crimson stuffs, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, or fine leather, brought them.

²⁴ All who could contribute to the collection of silver and bronze brought their contribution for Yahweh. And all who happened to own acacia wood, suitable for any of the work to be done, brought it.

²⁵ All the skilled women set their hands to spinning, and brought purple stuffs, of violet shade and red, crimson stuffs and fine linen, from what they had spun.

²⁶ All the women willingly used their special skill and spun the goats’ hair.

²⁷ The leaders brought onyx stones and gems to be set in ephod and pectoral,

²⁸ and the spices and oil for the light, for the chrism and for the fragrant incense.

²⁹ All the men and women whose heart prompted them to contribute to all the work that Yahweh had ordered through Moses to be done – the sons of Israel brought their free offering to Yahweh.

³⁰ Moses said to the sons of Israel, ‘See, Yahweh has singled out Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

³¹ He has filled him with the spirit of God and endowed him with skill and perception and knowledge for every kind of craft:

³² for the art of designing and working in gold and silver and bronze;

³³ for cutting stones to be set, for carving in wood, for every kind of craft.

³⁴ And on him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, he has bestowed the gift of teaching.

³⁵ He has filled them with skill to carry out all the crafts of engraver, damask weaver, embroiderer in purple stuffs, of violet shade and red, in crimson stuffs and fine linen, or of the common weaver; they are able to do work of all kinds, and to do it with originality’.