Old Testement Bible Reading 06-10-2023
Exodus 35-36
New King James Version
Sabbath Regulations

35 Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Offerings for the Tabernacle

4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: 5 ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; 7 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; 8 oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 9 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

Articles of the Tabernacle

10 ‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 12 the ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering; 13 the table and its poles, all its utensils, and the showbread; 14 also the lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base; 17 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords; 19 the garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”

The Tabernacle Offerings Presented

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them. 24 Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the Lord’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 26 And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair. 27 The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate, 28 and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.

The Artisans Called by God

30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, 32 to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, 33 in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

34 “And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

Building the Tabernacle

36 “And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

The People Give More than Enough

2 Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work. 3 And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. 4 Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing, 5 and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”

6 So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing, 7 for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.

Building the Tabernacle

8 Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them. 9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size. 10 And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. 11 He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set. 12 Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.

14 He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size. 16 He coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set. 18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.

20 For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright. 21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half. 22 Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side. 24 Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards 26 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards. 27 For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards. 28 He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle. 29 And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners. 30 So there were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen sockets of silver—two sockets under each of the boards.

31 And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other. 34 He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold to be holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim. 36 He made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

37 He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver, 38 and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

Footnotes

Exodus 35:19 Or woven garments
Exodus 35:21 Lit. lifted him up
Exodus 35:23 Or dolphin
Exodus 35:26 Lit. lifted them up
Exodus 36:1 holy place
Exodus 36:2 lifted him up
Exodus 36:19 Or dolphin
Exodus 36:22 Projections for joining, lit. hands
Exodus 36:29 Lit. doubled
Exodus 36:37 Lit. variegator, a weaver in colors
Exodus 35-36
New American Standard Bible
The Sabbath Emphasized

35 Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:

2 “For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, 5 ‘Take from among you a contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze, 6 and violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, 7 and rams’ skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

Tabernacle Artisans

10 ‘Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 12 the ark and its poles, the atoning cover, and the covering curtain; 13 the table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 17 the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard; 18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the courtyard and their ropes; 19 the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests.’”

Gifts Received

20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. 21 And everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who presented an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 Everyone who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins dyed red or fine leather, brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the Lord’s [aa]contribution; and everyone [ab]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. 25 And all the [ac]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart [ad]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. 27 The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [ae]breastpiece; 28 and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. 29 The [af]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart [ag]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a [ah]voluntary offering to the Lord.

30 Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all [ai]craftsmanship; 32 to create [aj]designs for working in gold, in silver, and in [ak]bronze, 33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. 34 He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 He has filled them with [al]skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

The Tabernacle Underwritten

36 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [am]skillful person in whom the Lord has put [an]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work [ao]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.”

2 Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [ap]skillful person in [aq]whom the Lord had put [ar]skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. 3 They received from Moses every [as]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform [at]the work [au]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him [av]voluntary offerings every morning. 4 And all the [aw]skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [ax]the work which they were performing, 5 and they said to [ay]Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the [az]construction work which the Lord commanded us to [ba]perform.” 6 So Moses issued a command, and circulated a [bb]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the [bc]contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. 7 For the [bd]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

Construction Begins

8 All the [be]skillful people among those who were performing the work made the [bf]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [bg]violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, [bh]Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was [bi]twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had [bj]the same measurements. 10 He [bk]joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he [bl]joined to one another. 11 And he made loops of violet on the edge of the [bm]outermost curtain in the first [bn]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was [bo]outermost in the second [bp]set. 12 He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the [bq]edge of the curtain that was in the second [br]set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He also made fifty clasps of gold, and [bs]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was [bt]a unit.

14 Then he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he [bu]made eleven curtains in all. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [bv]the same measurements. 16 He [bw]joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. 17 Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first [bx]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second [by]set. 18 He also made fifty clasps of [bz]bronze to [ca]join the tent together so that it would be [cb]a unit. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins [cc]dyed red, and a covering of fine leather above.

20 Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. 21 Ten cubits was the length of [ce]each board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board. 22 There were two tenons for each board, [cf]fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 So he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards [cg]for the south side; 24 and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons. 25 Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board. 27 And for the [ch]back of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. 28 He made two boards for the corners of the [ci]tabernacle at the [cj]back. 29 They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its [ck]top, [cl]to the first ring; he did this with both of them for the two corners. 30 There were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.

31 Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the [cm]other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the [cn]back side to the west. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the [co]center of the boards from end to end. 34 Then he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

35 Moreover, he made the veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. 36 And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver for them. 37 He also made a curtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a [cp]weaver; 38 and he made its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their [cq]bands with gold; but their five bases were of [cr]bronze.

Footnotes

Exodus 35:1 Lit do them
Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 35:5 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 35:5 Or copper
Exodus 35:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
Exodus 35:7 Or tanned
Exodus 35:7 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch
Exodus 35:9 Or pouch
Exodus 35:11 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 35:12 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
Exodus 35:13 Or vessels
Exodus 35:13 Lit Face
Exodus 35:15 Or doorway
Exodus 35:16 Or copper
Exodus 35:16 Or vessels
Exodus 35:19 Or service garments
Exodus 35:21 Lit lifted him up
Exodus 35:21 Or made him willing
Exodus 35:21 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 35:22 Or who were willing-hearted
Exodus 35:22 Or nose rings
Exodus 35:22 Lit waved a wave offering
Exodus 35:23 Lit with whom was found
Exodus 35:23 Or tanned
Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 35:24 Or copper
Exodus 35:24 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 35:24 Lit with whom was found
Exodus 35:25 Lit women wise of heart
Exodus 35:26 Lit lifted them up in wisdom
Exodus 35:27 Or pouch
Exodus 35:29 Lit sons of Israel
Exodus 35:29 Lit made them willing
Exodus 35:29 Or freewill offering
Exodus 35:31 Or work
Exodus 35:32 Lit devices
Exodus 35:32 Or copper
Exodus 35:35 Lit wisdom of heart
Exodus 36:1 Lit man wise of heart
Exodus 36:1 Lit wisdom
Exodus 36:1 Or connected with the service of; lit of the service of
Exodus 36:2 Lit man wise of heart
Exodus 36:2 Lit whose heart
Exodus 36:2 Lit wisdom
Exodus 36:3 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 36:3 Lit it for the work
Exodus 36:3 Lit of the service of
Exodus 36:3 Or freewill offering
Exodus 36:4 Lit wise
Exodus 36:4 Lit his
Exodus 36:5 Lit Moses, saying,
Exodus 36:5 Lit service for the work
Exodus 36:5 Lit perform it
Exodus 36:6 Lit voice
Exodus 36:6 Or uplifted offering
Exodus 36:7 Lit work
Exodus 36:8 Lit wise of heart
Exodus 36:8 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 36:8 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
Exodus 36:8 Lit he
Exodus 36:9 About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m
Exodus 36:9 Lit one measure
Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
Exodus 36:12 Lit end
Exodus 36:12 Lit coupling
Exodus 36:13 Or coupled
Exodus 36:13 Lit one
Exodus 36:14 Lit made them
Exodus 36:15 Lit one measure
Exodus 36:16 Or coupled
Exodus 36:17 Lit tie
Exodus 36:17 Lit tie
Exodus 36:18 Or copper
Exodus 36:18 Or couple
Exodus 36:18 Lit one
Exodus 36:19 Or tanned
Exodus 36:19 Meaning of the Heb uncertain
Exodus 36:21 Lit the
Exodus 36:22 Lit bound
Exodus 36:23 Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south
Exodus 36:27 Lit far parts
Exodus 36:28 Lit dwelling place
Exodus 36:28 Lit far parts
Exodus 36:29 Or head
Exodus 36:29 Or with reference to
Exodus 36:32 Or second
Exodus 36:32 Lit far parts
Exodus 36:33 Lit midst
Exodus 36:37 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
Exodus 36:38 Or rings
Exodus 36:38 Or copper