Exodus 35-37

1Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD 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 the LORD. 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 the LORD has commanded:

5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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 gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

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 the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

25Every skilled woman spun with her hands 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 the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

30Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD 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 the LORD 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.

1“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

2Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

3They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

4so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work

5and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

6After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

7since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

8All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

9Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

10And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

11He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

12He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

13He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

14He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

15Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

16He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

17He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

18He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

19Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

20Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

22Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

23He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

24with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

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

26and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

27He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

28and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

29coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

30So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

31He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

32five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

33He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

34And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

35Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

36He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.

37For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

38together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

1Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

2He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.

3And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

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

5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.

6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

7He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

8one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

9And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

10He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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

12And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

13He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.

14The rings were placed close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

15He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and overlaid them with gold.

16He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

17Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

18Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.

19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

21A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

22The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

24He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

25He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.

26And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.

27He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

28And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.