Exodus 35

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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1Now Moses called a meeting of all the people and told them, “These are the laws of Jehovah you must obey.

2“Work six days only; the seventh day is a day of solemn rest, a holy day to be used to worship Jehovah; anyone working on that day must die.

3Don't even light the fires in your homes that day.“

4Then Moses said to all the people, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

5All of you who wish to, all those with generous hearts, may bring these offerings to Jehovah: Gold, silver, and bronze;

6Blue, purple, and scarlet cloth, made of fine-twined linen or of goats' hair;

7Tanned rams' skins and specially treated goatskins; Acacia wood;

8Olive oil for the lamps; Spices for the anointing oil and for the incense;

9Onyx stones and stones to be used for the ephod and chestpiece.

10“Come, all of you who are skilled craftsmen having special talents, and construct what God has commanded us:

11The Tabernacle tent, and its coverings, clasps, frames, bars, pillars, and bases;

12The Ark and its poles; The place of mercy; The curtain to enclose the Holy Place;

13The table, its carrying poles, and all of its utensils; The Bread of the Presence;

14Lamp holders, with lamps and oil;

15The incense altar and its carrying poles; The anointing oil and sweet incense; The curtain for the door of the Tabernacle;

16The altar for the burnt offerings; The bronze grating of the altar, and its carrying poles and utensils; The basin with its pedestal;

17The drapes for the walls of the court; The pillars and their bases; Drapes for the entrance to the court;

18The posts of the Tabernacle court, and their cords;

19The beautiful clothing for the priests, to be used when ministering in the Holy Place; The holy garments for Aaron the priest, and for his sons.“

20So all the people went to their tents to prepare their gifts.

21Those whose hearts were stirred by God's Spirit returned with their offerings of materials for the Tabernacle, its equipment, and for the holy garments.

22Both men and women came, all who were willing-hearted. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold, jewelry—earrings, rings from their fingers, necklaces—and gold objects of every kind.

23Others brought blue, purple, and scarlet cloth made from the fine-twined linen or goats' hair; and rams' skins dyed red, and specially treated goatskins.

24Others brought silver and bronze as their offering to the Lord; and some brought the acacia wood needed in the construction.

25The women skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread and cloth, and fine-twined linen, and brought them in.

26Some other women gladly used their special skill to spin the goats' hair into cloth.

27The leaders brought onyx stones to be used for the ephod and the chestpiece;

28and spices, and oil—for the light, and for compounding the anointing oil and the sweet incense.

29So the people of Israel—every man and woman who wanted to assist in the work given to them by the Lord's command to Moses—brought their freewill offerings to him.

30And Moses told them, “Jehovah has specifically appointed Bezalel (the son of Uri and

31grandson of Hur of the tribe of Judah) as general superintendent of the project.

32He will be able to create beautiful workmanship from gold, silver, and bronze;

33he can cut and set stones like a jeweler and can do beautiful carving; in fact, he has every needed skill.

34And God has made him and Oholiab gifted teachers of their skills to others. (Oholiab is the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.)

35God has filled them both with unusual skills as jewelers, carpenters, embroidery designers in blue, purple, and scarlet on linen backgrounds, and as weavers—they excel in all the crafts we will be needing in the work.

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