Exodus 35
1 And Moses gathered all the
congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, These are the words
which the Lord has spoken for you to do them.
2 Six days shalt thou perform works,
but on the seventh day shall be rest—a holy sabbath—a
rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die.
3 Ye shall not burn a fire in any of
your dwellings on the sabbath-day; I am the Lord.
4 And Moses spoke to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This
is the thing which the Lord has appointed you,
saying, 5 Take of yourselves an
offering for the Lord: every one that engages in his heart
aGr. they shall.shall bring the first-fruits to the Lord; gold, silver, brass,
6 blue, purple, double scarlet spun,
and fine linen spun, and goats' hair,
7 and rams' skins dyed red, and skins
dyed blue, and incorruptible wood,
9 and sardine stones, and stones for
engraving for the
bOr, ephod.shoulder-piece and full-length robe.
10 And every man that is wise in
heart among you, let him come and work all things whatsoever the Lord has
commanded. 11 The tabernacle, and the
cords, and the coverings, and the rings, and the bars, and the posts,
12 and the ark of the testimony, and
its staves, and its propitiatory, and the veil,
12a and the curtains of the court,
and its posts, and the emerald stones, and the incense, and the anointing oil,
13 and the table and all its
furniture, 14 and the candlestick for
the light and all its furniture,
16 and the altar and all its
furniture; 19 and the holy garments
of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; and the
garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the
compound incense.
20 And all the congregation of the
children of Israel went out from Moses. And they brought, they whose heart
prompted them, and they to whomsoever it seemed good in their mind, each an
offering: 21 and they brought an
offering to the Lord for all the works of the tabernacle of witness, and all
its services, and for all the robes of the sanctuary.
22 And the men, even every one to
whom it seemed good in his heart, brought from the women,
even brought seals and ear-rings, and finger-rings,
and
cOr, chains.necklaces, and bracelets, every article of gold.
23 And all as many as brought
ornaments of gold to the Lord, and with whomsoever fine linen was found; and
they brought skins dyed blue, and rams' skins dyed
red. 24 And every one that offered an
offering
dGr. they brought.brought silver and brass, the offerings to the Lord; and
they with whom was found incorruptible wood; and they
brought offerings for all the works of the
preparation. 25 And every woman
skilled in her heart to spin with her hands,
eGr. they brought.brought spun articles, the blue, and purple, and
scarlet and fine linen. 26 And all
the women to whom it seemed good in their heart in their wisdom, spun the
goats' hair. 27 And the rulers
brought the emerald stones, and the stones for setting in the ephod, and the
oracle, 28 and the compounds both for
the anointing oil, and the composition of the incense.
29 And every man and woman whose mind
inclined them to come in and do all the works as many as the Lord appointed
them to do by Moses—they the children of Israel
brought an offering to the Lord.
30 And Moses said to the children of
Israel, Behold, God has called by name Beseleel the
son of Urias the son of Or,
of the tribe of Juda, 31 and has
filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom and understanding, and knowledge of
all things, 32 to labour
fi. e. as a master workman.skilfully in all works of cunning workmanship, to form the gold and the
silver and the brass, 33 and to work
in stone, and to fashion the wood, and to work in every work of wisdom.
34 And
God gave improvement in understanding both to him,
and to Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of
Dan. 35 And
God filled them with wisdom, understanding
and perception, to understand to work all the works
of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and
fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship
and embroidery.