Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and
said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you
to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you
shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does
any work on it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire in
all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.”
Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This
is the thing that the LORD has commanded. Take from among you a
contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him
bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; blue and
purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair, tanned
rams' skins, and goatskins; acacia wood, oil for the light, spices
for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, and onyx stones
and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
“Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that
the LORD has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent and its covering,
its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; the
ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; the
table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the
Presence; the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and
its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense,
with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and
the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; the altar
of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all
its utensils, the basin and its stand; the hangings of the court,
its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the
court; the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and
their cords; the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy
Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of
his sons, for their service as priests.”
Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from
the presence of Moses. And they came, everyone whose heart stirred
him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD's
contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its
service, and for the holy garments. So they came, both men and
women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and
earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects,
every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. And every one
who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or
goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or goatskins brought them.
Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought
it as the LORD's contribution. And every one who possessed acacia
wood of any use in the work brought it. And every skillful woman
spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in
blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. All the
women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats'
hair. And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for
the ephod and for the breastpiece, and spices and oil for the
light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. All
the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to
bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to
be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD.
Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the LORD has
called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill,
with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to
devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in
cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every
skilled craft. And he has inspired him to teach, both him and
Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. He has filled
them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by
a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet
yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman
or skilled designer.
