Exodus 35

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref And Moses assembleth all the company of the sons of Israel, and saith unto them, `These `are' the things which Jehovah hath commanded -- to do them:

2 Ref Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy `day', a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

3 Ref ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.'

4 Ref And Moses speaketh unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `This `is' the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying,

5 Ref Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart `is' willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,

6 Ref and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' `hair',

7 and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

8 Ref and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume,

9 Ref and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

10 Ref `And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

11 Ref `The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

12 Ref `The ark and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering,

13 Ref `The table and its staves, and all its vessels, and the bread of the presence,

14 Ref `And the candlestick for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light,

15 Ref `And the altar of perfume, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the spice perfume, and the covering of the opening at the opening of the tabernacle,

16 Ref `The altar of burnt-offering and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

17 Ref `The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the covering of the gate of the court,

18 Ref `The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

19 Ref `The coloured garments, to do service in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to act as priest in.'

20 And all the company of the sons of Israel go out from the presence of Moses,

21 Ref and they come in -- every man whom his heart hath lifted up, and every one whom his spirit hath made willing -- they have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

22 Ref And they come in -- the men with the women -- every willing-hearted one -- they have brought in nose-ring, and ear-ring, and seal-ring, and necklace, all golden goods, even every one who hath waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

23 Ref And every man with whom hath been found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' `hair', and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, have brought `them' in;

24 Ref every one lifting up a heave-offering of silver and brass have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah; and every one with whom hath been found shittim wood for any work of the service brought `it' in.

25 Ref And every wise-hearted woman hath spun with her hands, and they bring in yarn, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the linen;

26 Ref and all the women whose heart hath lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats' `hair'.

27 Ref And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate,

28 Ref and the spices, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume;

29 Ref every man and woman (whom their heart hath made willing to bring in for all the work which Jehovah commanded to be done by the hand of Moses) `of' the sons of Israel brought in a willing-offering to Jehovah.

30 Ref And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel, `See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

31 Ref and He doth fill him `with' the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,

32 even to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33 and in graving of stones for settings, and in graving of wood to work in any work of design.

34 Ref `And to direct He hath put in his heart, he and Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan;

35 Ref He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of designers of designs.

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

1 Ref And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2 Ref Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

3 Ref Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

4 Ref And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,

5 Ref Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,

6 Ref and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' `hair',

7 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,

8 Ref and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

9 Ref and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

10 Ref And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

11 Ref the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

12 Ref the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen;

13 Ref the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;

14 Ref the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

15 Ref and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

16 Ref the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

17 Ref the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

18 Ref the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

19 Ref the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21 Ref And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, `and' brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.

22 Ref And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, `and' brought brooches, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah.

23 Ref And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' `hair', and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.

24 Ref Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.

25 Ref And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

26 Ref And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' `hair'.

27 Ref And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

28 Ref and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

29 Ref The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.

30 Ref And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

31 Ref And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

32 and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

34 Ref And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35 Ref Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

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