Exodus 35

¹ Moses assembled the whole community of Israelites and said, 'These are the things Yahweh hasordered to be done:

² Work must be done for six days, but the seventh must be a holy day for you, a day of complete rest, inhonour of Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on that day wil be put to death.

³ You will not light a fire on the Sabbath day in any of your homes.'

⁴ Moses spoke to the whole community of Israelites. 'This', he said, 'is what Yahweh has ordered:

⁵ Set aside a contribution for Yahweh out of your possessions. Everyone whose heart prompts him to doso should bring a contribution for Yahweh: gold, silver and bronze;

⁶ materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, finely woven linen, goats' hair,

⁷ rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,

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

⁹ cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate.

¹⁰ And al those of you who have the skil must come and make everything that Yahweh has ordered:

¹¹ the Dwel ing, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its frames, its crossbars, its pillars and itssockets;

¹² the ark, its shafts and al its accessories, the mercy-seat and the screening curtain;

¹³ the table, its shafts and al its accessories, and the loaves of permanent offering;

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

¹⁵ the altar of incense and its shafts, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for theentrance, for the entrance of the tent;

¹⁶ the altar of burnt offerings and its bronze grating, its shafts, and all its accessories; the basin and itsstand;

¹⁷ the curtaining for the court, its poles, its sockets, and the screen for the entrance to the court;

¹⁸ the pegs for the Dwel ing and the pegs for the court, and their cords;

¹⁹ the liturgical vestments for service in the sanctuary -- the sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, andthe vestments for his sons, for their priestly functions.'

²⁰ The whole community of Israelites then withdrew from Moses' presence.

²¹ And al those whose heart stirred them and al those whose spirit prompted them brought acontribution for Yahweh, for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for its general service and for the sacredvestments.

²² Men and women, they came, al those whose heart prompted them, bringing brooches, rings,bracelets, necklaces, golden objects of every kind -- all those who had vowed gold to Yahweh,

²³ while al those who happened to own violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, finely wovenlinen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, or fine leather, brought that.

²⁴ Al those offering a contribution of silver or bronze brought their contribution for Yahweh and al whohappened to own acacia wood, suitable for any of the work to be done, brought that.

²⁵ Al the skil ed women set their hands to spinning, and brought what they had spun: violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, and fine linen,

²⁶ while al those women whose heart stirred them by virtue of their skil , spun goats' hair.

²⁷ The leaders brought cornelians and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate,

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

²⁹ Al those Israelites, men and women, whose heart prompted them to contribute to the entire work thatYahweh had ordered through Moses to be done, brought a contribution to Yahweh.

³⁰ Moses then said to the Israelites, 'Look, Yahweh has singled out Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of thetribe of Judah,

³¹ and has filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom, knowledge and skil in every kind of craft:

³² in designing and carrying out work in gold and silver and bronze,

³³ in cutting stones to be set, in wood carving and in executing every kind of work.

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

³⁵ and filled them with the skill to carry out every kind of work, that of the engraver, that of theembroiderer, that of the needleworker in violet-purple, red-purple and crimson materials and fine linen, that of theweaver, and indeed that of every kind of craftsman and designer.'