The Sabbath 1 DBY And Moses collected all the assembly of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the things which Jehovah has commanded, to 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 DBY Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it 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 DBY Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon 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 DBY And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, This is the word which Jehovah has commanded, saying, BSB BSB: Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
5 DBY Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart is willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering — gold, and silver, and copper, 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 DBY and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' hair , BSB BSB: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
7 DBY and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia-wood, BSB BSB: ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
8 DBY and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs; BSB BSB: olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
9 DBY 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 DBY And all who are wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that Jehovah has commanded: BSB BSB: Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
11 DBY the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; BSB BSB: the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
12 DBY the ark, and its staves; the mercy-seat, and the veil of separation; BSB BSB: the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
13 DBY the table and its staves, and all its utensils, and the shewbread; BSB BSB: the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
14 DBY and the lamp-stand for the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for the light; BSB BSB: the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
15 DBY and the altar of incense, and its staves; and the anointing-oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs; and the entrance-curtain at the entrance 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 DBY the altar of burnt-offering, and the copper grating for it, its staves, and all its utensils; the laver and its stand; BSB BSB: the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
17 DBY the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the curtains of the gate 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 DBY the pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords; BSB BSB: the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
19 DBY the garments of service, to do service in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests. 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 DBY And all the assembly of the children of Israel departed from before Moses. BSB BSB: Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.
21 DBY And they came, every one whose heart moved him, and every one whose spirit prompted him; they brought Jehovah's heave-offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its 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 DBY And they came, both men and women; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all kinds of utensils of gold: every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah. 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 DBY And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' hair , and rams' skins dyed red, 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 DBY All they that offered a heave-offering of silver and copper brought Jehovah's heave-offering. And every one with whom was found acacia-wood for all manner of 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 DBY And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus. BSB BSB: Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
26 DBY And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' hair . BSB BSB: And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
27 DBY And the principal men brought the onyx stones, and the 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 DBY and the spice, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs. BSB BSB: as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29 DBY The children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done. 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 DBY And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, Jehovah 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 DBY 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 DBY and to devise artistic things: to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper, BSB BSB: to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
33 DBY and in cutting of stones, for setting, and in carving of wood, to execute all artistic work; BSB BSB: to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
34 DBY and he has put in his heart to teach, 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 DBY he has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the artificer, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in byssus, and of the weaver, even of them that do every kind of work, and of those that devise artistic 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.