Dual Panel1MOSES called the whole community of Israelites together: “These”, he said, “are the LORD's commands to you:
2Work may be done for six days, but the seventh you are to keep as a sabbath of solemn abstinence from work, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
3Wherever you live, you are not even to light your fire on the sabbath day.”
4Moses said to the whole Israelite community: “This is the command the LORD has given:
5Each of you is to set aside a contribution to the LORD. Let all who wish bring a contribution to the LORD: gold, silver, copper;
6violet, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goats” hair;
7tanned rams' skins and dugong-hides; and acacia-wood;
8oil for the lamp, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
9cornelians and other stones ready for setting on the ephod and the breastpiece.
10“Let all the skilled craftsmen among you come and make everything the LORD has commanded:
11the Tabernacle, its tent and covering, fasteners, planks, bars, posts, and sockets,
12the Ark and its poles, the cover and the curtain of the screen,
13the table, its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;
14the lampstand for the light, its fittings, lamps, and the lamp oil;
15the altar of incense and its poles, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the Tabernacle,
16the altar of whole-offering, its bronze grating, poles, and all appurtenances, the basin and its stand;
17the hangings of the court, its posts and sockets, and the screen for the gateway of the court;
18the pegs of the Tabernacle and court and their cords,
19the stitched vestments for ministering in the Holy Place, that is the sacred vestments for Aaron the priest and the vestments for his sons when they minister as priests.”
20The whole community of the Israelites went out from Moses' presence,
21and everyone who was so minded brought of his own free will a contribution to the LORD for the making of the Tent of Meeting and for all its service, and for the sacred vestments.
22Men and women alike came and freely brought clasps, ear-rings, finger-rings, and pendants, gold ornaments of every kind, every one of them presenting a special gift of gold to the LORD.
23Every man brought what he possessed of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen and goats' hair, tanned rams' skins, and dugong-hides.
24Every man, setting aside a contribution of silver or copper, brought it as a contribution to the LORD, and all who had acacia-wood suitable for any part of the work brought it.
25Every woman with the skill spun and brought the violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
26The women, all whose skill moved them, spun the goats' hair.
27The chiefs brought cornelians and other stones ready for setting in the ephod and the breastpiece,
28the spices and oil for the lamp, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29Every Israelite man and woman who was minded to bring offerings to the LORD for all the work which he had commanded through Moses did so freely.
30Moses said to the Israelites, “Take note that the LORD has specially chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31He has filled him with the spirit of God, making him skilful and ingenious, expert in every craft,
32and a master of design, whether in gold, silver, and copper,
33or cutting precious stones for setting, or carving wood, in every kind of design.
34He has inspired both him and Aholiab son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan to instruct
35workers and designers of every kind, engravers, seamsters, embroiderers in violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers, fully endowing them with skill to execute all kinds of work.