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The Sabbath Emphasized

¹ Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "^(C1)These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to ^(F1)do:

² "^(C1)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ^(C2)a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; ^(C3)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.³ "^(C1)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 '^(C1)Take from among you a ^(F1)contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the LORD'S ^(F1)contribution: gold, silver, and ^(F2)bronze,⁶ and ^(F1)violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats' hair,⁷ and rams' skins ^(F1)dyed red, and ^(F2)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 ^(F1)breastpiece.

Tabernacle Artisans

¹⁰ '^(C1)Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded:¹¹ the ^(F1)(C1)tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;¹² the ^(C1)ark and its poles, the ^(F1)atoning cover, and the covering curtain;¹³ the ^(C1)table and its poles, and all its ^(F1)utensils, and the bread of the ^(F2)Presence;¹⁴ the ^(C1)lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;¹⁵ and the ^(C1)altar of incense and its poles, and the ^(C2)anointing oil and the ^(C3)fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the ^(F1)entrance of the tabernacle;^16 (C1)the altar of burnt offering with its ^(F1)bronze grating, its poles, and all its ^(F2)utensils, the basin and its stand;^17 (C1)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 ^(F1)(C1)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 ^(C1)everyone whose heart ^(F1)stirred him and everyone whose spirit ^(F2)moved him came and brought the LORD'S ^(F3)contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments.²² Then all ^(F1)whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ^(F2)earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who ^(F3)presented an offering of gold to the LORD.²³ Everyone ^(F1)who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats' hair, or rams' skins ^(F2)dyed red or fine leather, brought them.²⁴ Everyone who could make a ^(F1)contribution of silver and ^(F2)bronze brought the LORD'S ^(F1)contribution; and everyone ^(F3)who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.²⁵ And all the ^(F1)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 ^(F1)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 ^(F1)breastpiece;²⁸ and ^(C1)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.²⁹ The ^(F1)Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart ^(F2)moved them to bring material for all the work, which the LORD had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a ^(F3)(C1)voluntary offering to the LORD.

^30 (C1)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 ^(F1)craftsmanship;³² to create ^(F1)designs for working in gold, in silver, and in ^(F2)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 ^(C1)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.³⁵ "^(C1)He has filled them with ^(F1)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.