[1] Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel, and said
to them, "These are the things which the LORD has commanded you to do. [2]
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy
sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be
put to death; [3] you shall kindle no fire in all your habitations on the
sabbath day." [4] Moses said to all the congregation of the people of
Israel, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded. [5] Take from
among you an offering to the LORD; whoever is of a generous heart, let him
bring the LORD's offering: gold, silver, and bronze; [6] blue and purple
and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; goats' hair, [7] tanned rams'
skins, and goatskins; acacia wood, [8] oil for the light, spices for the
anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, [9] and onyx stones and stones
for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. [10] "And let every
able man among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded: the
tabernacle, [11] its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its
bars, its pillars, and its bases; [12] the ark with its poles, the mercy
seat, and the veil of the screen; [13] the table with its poles and all its
utensils, and the bread of the Presence; [14] the lampstand also for the
light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; [15] 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; [16] the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze,
its poles, and all its utensils, the laver and its base; [17] the hangings
of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the
court; [18] the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their
cords; [19] the finely wrought 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." [20] Then all the congregation of the people of
Israel departed from the presence of Moses. [21] And they came, every one
whose heart stirred him, and every one whose spirit moved him, and brought
the LORD's offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its
service, and for the holy garments. [22] 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. [23] And every man with whom was found blue
or purple or scarlet stuff or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams'
skins or goatskins, brought them. [24] Every one who could make an offering
of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD's offering; and every man with
whom was found acacia wood of any use in the work, brought it. [25] And all
women who had ability spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun
in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; [26] all the
women whose hearts were moved with ability spun the goats' hair. [27] And
the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for
the breastpiece, [28] and spices and oil for the light, and for the
anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. [29] All the men and women,
the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work
which the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done, brought it as their
freewill offering to the LORD. [30] And Moses said to the people of Israel,
"See, the LORD has called by name Bez'alel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah; [31] and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with
ability, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
[32] to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,
[33] in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every
skilled craft. [34] And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oho'liab
the son of Ahis'amach of the tribe of Dan. [35] He has filled them with
ability to do every sort of work done by a craftsman or by a designer or by
an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen,
or by a weaver--by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
