Exodus:35-37

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* Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together , and said to them , "These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do : * Work shall be done for six days , but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you , a Sabbath of rest to the LORD . Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death . * You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day ." * And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel , saying , "This is the thing which the LORD commanded , saying : * "Take from among you an offering to the LORD . Whoever is of a willing heart , let him bring it as an offering to the LORD : gold , silver , and bronze ; * blue , purple , and scarlet thread , fine linen , and goats ' hair ; * ram skins dyed red , badger skins , and acacia wood ; * oil for the light , and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense ; * onyx stones , and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate . * "All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded : * the tabernacle , its tent , its covering , its clasps , its boards , its bars , its pillars , and its sockets ; * the ark and its poles , with the mercy seat , and the veil of the covering ; * the table and its poles , all its utensils , and the showbread ; * also the lampstand for the light , its utensils , its lamps , and the oil for the light ; * the incense altar , its poles , the anointing oil , the sweet incense , and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle ; * the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating , its poles , all its utensils , and the laver and its base ; * the hangings of the court , its pillars , their sockets , and the screen for the gate of the court ; * the pegs of the tabernacle , the pegs of the court , and their cords ; * the garments of ministry , for ministering in the holy place--the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons , to minister as priests ."' * And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses . * Then everyone came whose heart was stirred , and everyone whose spirit was willing , and they brought the LORD 's offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting , for all its service , and for the holy garments . * They came , both men and women , as many as had a willing heart , and brought earrings and nose rings , rings and necklaces , all jewelry of gold , that is , every man who made an offering of gold to the LORD . * And every man , with whom was found blue , purple , and scarlet thread , fine linen , goats ' hair , red skins of rams , and badger skins , brought them . * Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the LORD 's offering . And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service , brought it . * All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands , and brought what they had spun , of blue , purple , and scarlet , and fine linen . * And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats ' hair . * The rulers brought onyx stones , and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate , * and spices and oil for the light , for the anointing oil , and for the sweet incense . * The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the LORD , all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the LORD , by the hand of Moses , had commanded to be done . * And Moses said to the children of Israel , "See , the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah ; * and He has filled him with the Spirit of God , in wisdom and understanding , in knowledge and all manner of workmanship , * to design artistic works , to work in gold and silver and bronze , * in cutting jewels for setting , in carving wood , and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship . * "And He has put in his heart the ability to teach , in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . * He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker , in blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine linen , and of the weaver--those who do every work and those who design artistic works . * "And Bezalel and Aholiab , and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding , to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary , shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded ." * Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab , and every gifted artisan in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom , everyone whose heart was stirred , to come and do the work . * And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary . So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning . * Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came , each from the work he was doing , * and they spoke to Moses , saying , "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded us to do ." * So Moses gave a commandment , and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp , saying , "Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary ." And the people were restrained from bringing , * for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done--indeed too much . * Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen , and of blue , purple , and scarlet thread ; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them . * The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits , and the width of each curtain four cubits ; the curtains were all the same size . * And he coupled five curtains to one another , and the other five curtains he coupled to one another . * He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set ; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set . * Fifty loops he made on one curtain , and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set ; the loops held one curtain to another . * And he made fifty clasps of gold , and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps , that it might be one tabernacle . * He made curtains of goats ' hair for the tent over the tabernacle ; he made eleven curtains . * The length of each curtain was thirty cubits , and the width of each curtain four cubits ; the eleven curtains were the same size . * He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves . * And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set , and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set . * He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together , that it might be one . * Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red , and a covering of badger skins above that . * For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood , standing upright . * The length of each board was ten cubits , and the width of each board a cubit and a half . * Each board had two tenons for binding one to another . Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle . * And he made boards for the tabernacle , twenty boards for the south side . * Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards : two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons . * And for the other side of the tabernacle , the north side , he made twenty boards * and their forty sockets of silver : two sockets under each of the boards . * For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards . * He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle . * And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring . Thus he made both of them for the two corners . * So there were eight boards and their sockets--sixteen sockets of silver--two sockets under each of the boards . * And he made bars of acacia wood : five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle , * five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward . * And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other . * He overlaid the boards with gold , made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars , and overlaid the bars with gold . * And he made a veil of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine woven linen ; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim . * He made for it four pillars of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold , with their hooks of gold ; and he cast four sockets of silver for them . * He also made a screen for the tabernacle door , of blue , purple , and scarlet thread , and fine woven linen , made by a weaver , * and its five pillars with their hooks . And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold , but their five sockets were bronze . * Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood ; two and a half cubits was its length , a cubit and a half its width , and a cubit and a half its height . * He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside , and made a molding of gold all around it . * And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners : two rings on one side , and two rings on the other side of it . * He made poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold . * And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark , to bear the ark . * He also made the mercy seat of pure gold ; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width . * He made two cherubim of beaten gold ; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat : * one cherub at one end on this side , and the other cherub at the other end on that side . He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat . * The cherubim spread out their wings above , and covered the mercy seat with their wings . They faced one another ; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat . * He made the table of acacia wood ; two cubits was its length , a cubit its width , and a cubit and a half its height . * And he overlaid it with pure gold , and made a molding of gold all around it . * Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it , and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it . * And he cast for it four rings of gold , and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs . * The rings were close to the frame , as holders for the poles to bear the table . * And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table , and overlaid them with gold . * He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table : its dishes , its cups , its bowls , and its pitchers for pouring . * He also made the lampstand of pure gold ; of hammered work he made the lampstand . Its shaft , its branches , its bowls , its ornamental knobs , and its flowers were of the same piece . * And six branches came out of its sides : three branches of the lampstand out of one side , and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side . * There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch , with an ornamental knob and a flower , and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch , with an ornamental knob and a flower--and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand . * And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms , each with its ornamental knob and flower . * There was a knob under the first two branches of the same , a knob under the second two branches of the same , and a knob under the third two branches of the same , according to the six branches extending from it . * Their knobs and their branches were of one piece ; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold . * And he made its seven lamps , its wick-trimmers , and its trays of pure gold . * Of a talent of pure gold he made it , with all its utensils . * He made the incense altar of acacia wood . Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit--it was square--and two cubits was its height . Its horns were of one piece with it . * And he overlaid it with pure gold : its top , its sides all around , and its horns . He also made for it a molding of gold all around it . * He made two rings of gold for it under its molding , by its two corners on both sides , as holders for the poles with which to bear it . * And he made the poles of acacia wood , and overlaid them with gold . * He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices , according to the work of the perfumer . * He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood ; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width--it was square--and its height was three cubits .

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