Chapter 35
1Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that AO has commanded you to do:
2For six days work may be done but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to AO. Whoever does any work on [that day] must be put to death.
3Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
4Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what AO has commanded:
5Take from among you an offering to AO. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to AO: gold, silver and bronze,
6blue, purple and scarlet yarn, fine linen and goat hair,
7ram skins dyed red and fine leather, acacia wood,
8olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
9and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
10Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that AO has commanded:
11the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts and bases,
12the ark with its poles and mercy seat and the veil to shield it,
13the table with its poles, all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence,
14the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light,
15the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and fragrant incense, the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle,
16the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles and all its utensils, the basin with its stand,
17the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard,
18the tent pegs for the tabernacle [and] for the courtyard along with their ropes
19and the woven garments for ministering in the holy [place]—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
20Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.
21And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to AO for the work on the Tent of Meeting for all its services and for the holy garments.
22So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came [and] brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces and all kinds of jewelry of gold. And they all presented their gold to AO as a wave offering.
23Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red or articles of fine leather brought them.
24And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to AO. Also, everyone who had acacia wood brought it for any part of the service.
25Every woman skilled with her hands spun and brought what she had spun: blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.
26And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
27The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece
28as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
29So all the men and women of the Israelites, whose hearts prompted them, brought a freewill offering to AO for all the work that AO had commanded them to do through Moses.
30Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See AO has called by name Bezalel, son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah.
31And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship
32to design artistic works in gold, silver and bronze,
33to cut gemstones for settings and to carve wood so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
34And [AO] has given both him and Oholiab, son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
35He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.[”]