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1Moses assembled the entire congregation of the Israelis and told them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: | 1Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "These are the things the LORD has commanded you to do: |
2For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed. | 2For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. |
3You are not to light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath." | 3Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day." |
4Then Moses told the entire congregation of the Israelis, "This is what the LORD has commanded, | 4Moses said to the whole Israelite community, "This is what the LORD has commanded: |
5Take from among yourselves an offering for the LORD. Everyone whose heart is willing is to bring as an offering for the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze; | 5From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze; |
6blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen and goat hair; | 6blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; |
7ram skins dyed red, dolphin skins, acacia wood, | 7ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; |
8oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for aromatic incense, | 8olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; |
9onyx stones, and stones for setting in the ephod and the breast piece. | 9and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. |
10"'Let everyone who is skilled among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded: | 10"All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the LORD has commanded: |
11the tent, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, | 11the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; |
12the ark, its poles, the Mercy Seat, the curtain, | 12the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it; |
13the table, its poles, all its furnishings, and the bread of the presence, | 13the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; |
14the lamp stand for light, its furnishings, its lamps, and oil for the light, | 14the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; |
15the altar of incense, its poles, the anointing oil, the aromatic incense, and the screen for the doorway at the entrance to the tent, | 15the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle; |
16the altar for burnt offerings, the bronze lattice for it, its poles, and all its furnishings, the basin and its base, | 16the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand; |
17the hangings for the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, | 17the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; |
18the pegs for the tent, the pegs for the court, and their cords, | 18the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; |
19the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments of Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons for serving as priests.'" | 19the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary--both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests." |
20Then the entire congregation of the Israelis withdrew from Moses' presence, | 20Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses' presence, |
21and every person whose heart moved him and all whose spirits prompted them, brought an offering to the LORD for constructing the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. | 21and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. |
22Both the men and women came—all whose hearts prompted them—and brought brooches, earrings, rings, pendants, and all kinds of gold jewelry. Every person presented a wave offering of gold to the LORD. | 22All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD. |
23Everyone who had blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, and dolphin skins brought them. | 23Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. |
24Everyone who could give an offering of silver and bronze brought it as a contribution for the LORD. Also all who had acacia wood for any use in the work brought it. | 24Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the LORD, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it. |
25Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen. | 25Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun--blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. |
26All the women who were skilled artisans spun the goat hair. | 26And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. |
27The leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and the breast piece, | 27The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. |
28spices and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and the aromatic incense. | 28They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. |
29Each Israeli man and woman whose heart was prompted brought something as a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD had commanded them to do through Moses. | 29All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do. |
30Moses told the Israelis, "Look, the LORD has called Uri's son Bezalel, grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, | 30Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, |
31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge of all kinds of work, | 31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills-- |
32to make artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, | 32to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, |
33to cut stones for setting, to carve wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic work. | 33to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. |
34And he has given both him and Ahisamach's son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach. | 34And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. |
35He has equipped them to do all kinds of work done by an engraver, designer, embroider in blue, purple and scarlet material and in fine linen, or as a weaver. They were able to do all kinds of work and were skilled designers. | 35He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers--all of them skilled workers and designers. |
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