Moses gathered all the congregation of the sons of Israel together, and said to them, “aThese are the things which the LORD has commanded you to do:Ex 34:32
2 “aFor six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, ba Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; cwhoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.Ex 20:9, 10; 23:12; 31:15; 34:21; Lev 23:3; Deut 5:13fEx 16:23Num 15:32-36 3 aYou shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”Ex 12:16; 16:23
4 And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 5 ‘aTake from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever has a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD’S offering: gold, silver, and bronze,Ex 25:1-9 6 blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7 and 1rams’ skins dyed red, and skins of 2porpoises, and acacia wood,Similar to morocco leather.Hebrew uncertain. 8 and olive oil for the lighting, and balsam for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and 1onyx stones and other stones to be set for the ephod and the breastpiece.See note 25:7.
10 ‘aLet every skilled and talented man among you come, and make everything that the LORD has commanded:Ex 31:6 11 the atabernacle , its tent and its covering, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;Ex 26:1-30 12 the aark of the covenant and its carrying poles, with the 1mercy seat and the veil of the screen to hang between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies;See note 25:17.Ex 25:10-22 13 the atable and its carrying poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the divine Presence ;Ex 25:23-30 14 the alampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;Ex 25:31ff 15 and the altar of aincense and its carrying poles, the banointing oil and the cfragrant incense, the screen for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle;Ex 30:1-6Ex 30:25Ex 30:34-38 16 athe altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its carrying poles, and all its utensils, the wash basin and its base ;Ex 27:1-8 17 the court’s acurtains, its support poles and their sockets, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;Ex 27:9-18 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; 19 the afinely-woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests.’”Ex 31:10; 39:1
20 Then all the congregation of the Israelites left Moses’ presence. 21 aEveryone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the LORD’S offering to be used for the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.Ex 25:2; 35:5, 22, 26, 29; 36:2 22 Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches, earrings or nose rings, signet rings, and necklaces, all jewels of gold; everyone bringing an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 Every man who had in his possession blue or purple or scarlet fabric, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and 1rams’ skins dyed red and 2porpoise skins, brought them.Similar to morocco leather.Hebrew uncertain. 24 Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD’S offering; every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 All the skilled and talented women spun thread with their hands, and brought what they had spun, blue and purple and scarlet fabric and fine linen. 26 All the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other stones to be put in settings for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28 and aspice and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.Ex 30:23ff 29 The Israelites, all the men and women whose heart moved them to bring material for all the work which the LORD had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a afreewill offering to the LORD.Ex 35:21; 1 Chr 29:9
30 aThen Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;Ex 31:1-6 31 and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and skill, with intelligence and understanding, and with knowledge in all areas of craftsmanship, 32 to devise artistic designs to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for setting and in the carving of wood, for work in every skilled craft. 34 He has also put in Bezalel’s heart the willingness to teach others the same skills, both he and aOholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.Ex 31:6 35 aHe has filled them with skill to do the work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and in fine linen, and of a weaver; makers of every work and embroiderers of excellent designs.Ex 31:3, 6; 35:31; 1 Kin 7:14