Exodus 35–37

1Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them.

2‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

3You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’”

4Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,

5‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,

6blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,

7rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

9onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

10“‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:

11the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

12the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;

13the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;

14the lamp stand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

15and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;

17the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

18the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;

19the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons—to minister in the priest’s office.’”

20All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.

22They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.

23Everyone with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.

24Everyone who offered an offering of silver and bronze brought Yahweh’s offering; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.

25All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

26All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.

27The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate;

28with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

29The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

30Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

31He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

32and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

33in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

34He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

1“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”

2Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.

3They received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They kept bringing free will offerings to him every morning.

4All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which he did.

5They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make.”

6Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.

7For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.

8All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

10He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

11He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.

12He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.

13He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

14He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

17He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.

18He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

19He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

20He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

21Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

22Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

23He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

24He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards

26and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

27For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

28He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

29They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

30There were eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets—under every board two sockets.

31He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

33He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

34He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

36He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

37He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

38and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.

1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.

3He cast four rings of gold for it in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.

4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

6He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

7He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:

8one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

9The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

10He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.

11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.

12He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.

13He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.

14The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.

15He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

16He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.

17He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

18There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side:

19three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand.

20In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

21and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.

22Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.

23He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.

24He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.

25He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.

26He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.

27He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.

28He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

29He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.