The Sabbath 1 AKJV And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them. BSB BSB: Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
2 AKJV Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does work therein shall be put to death. BSB BSB: For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
3 AKJV You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day. BSB BSB: Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Offerings for the Tabernacle (Exodus 25:1–9)
4 AKJV And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, BSB BSB: Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
5 AKJV Take you from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, BSB BSB: Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
6 AKJV And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, BSB BSB: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
7 AKJV And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, BSB BSB: ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
8 AKJV And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, BSB BSB: olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
9 AKJV And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. BSB BSB: and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
The Skilled Craftsmen 10 AKJV And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded; BSB BSB: Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
11 AKJV The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his clasps, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, BSB BSB: the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
12 AKJV The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering, BSB BSB: the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
13 AKJV The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the show bread, BSB BSB: the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
14 AKJV The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, BSB BSB: the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
15 AKJV And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, BSB BSB: the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
16 AKJV The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, BSB BSB: the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
17 AKJV The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, BSB BSB: the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
18 AKJV The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, BSB BSB: the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
19 AKJV The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. BSB BSB: and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
The People Offer Gifts 20 AKJV And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. BSB BSB: Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.
21 AKJV And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. BSB BSB: And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
22 AKJV And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold to the LORD. BSB BSB: So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
23 AKJV And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. BSB BSB: Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
24 AKJV Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. BSB BSB: And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.
25 AKJV And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. BSB BSB: Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
26 AKJV And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair. BSB BSB: And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
27 AKJV And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; BSB BSB: The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
28 AKJV And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. BSB BSB: as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29 AKJV The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. BSB BSB: So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
Bezalel and Oholiab (Exodus 31:1–11)
30 AKJV And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; BSB BSB: Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31 AKJV And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; BSB BSB: And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
32 AKJV And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, BSB BSB: to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
33 AKJV And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. BSB BSB: to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
34 AKJV And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. BSB BSB: And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
35 AKJV Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning 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 work, and of those that devise cunning work. BSB BSB: He 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 as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.