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| 1Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. | 1Moses assembled the entire congregation of the Israelis and told them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: |
| 2Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. | 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. |
| 3You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.” | 3You are not to light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath." |
| 4Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded. | 4Then Moses told the entire congregation of the Israelis, "This is what the LORD has commanded, |
| 5Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; | 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; |
| 6blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair, | 6blue, purple, and scarlet material; fine linen and goat hair; |
| 7tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood, | 7ram skins dyed red, dolphin skins, acacia wood, |
| 8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, | 8oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for aromatic incense, |
| 9and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. | 9onyx stones, and stones for setting in the ephod and the breast piece. |
| 10“Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded: | 10"'Let everyone who is skilled among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded: |
| 11the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; | 11the tent, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, |
| 12the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; | 12the ark, its poles, the Mercy Seat, the curtain, |
| 13the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; | 13the table, its poles, all its furnishings, and the bread of the presence, |
| 14the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; | 14the lamp stand for light, its furnishings, its lamps, and oil for the light, |
| 15and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; | 15the altar of incense, its poles, the anointing oil, the aromatic incense, and the screen for the doorway at the entrance to the tent, |
| 16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; | 16the altar for burnt offerings, the bronze lattice for it, its poles, and all its furnishings, the basin and its base, |
| 17the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court; | 17the hangings for the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, |
| 18the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords; | 18the pegs for the tent, the pegs for the court, and their cords, |
| 19the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.” | 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.'" |
| 20Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. | 20Then the entire congregation of the Israelis withdrew from Moses' presence, |
| 21And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. | 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. |
| 22So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. | 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. |
| 23And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them. | 23Everyone who had blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, and dolphin skins brought them. |
| 24Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. | 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. |
| 25And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. | 25Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen. |
| 26All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair. | 26All the women who were skilled artisans spun the goat hair. |
| 27And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, | 27The leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and the breast piece, |
| 28and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. | 28spices and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and the aromatic incense. |
| 29All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD. | 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. |
| 30Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; | 30Moses told the Israelis, "Look, the LORD has called Uri's son Bezalel, grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, |
| 31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, | 31and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge of all kinds of work, |
| 32to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, | 32to make artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, |
| 33in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. | 33to cut stones for setting, to carve wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic work. |
| 34And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. | 34And he has given both him and Ahisamach's son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan the ability to teach. |
| 35He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer. | 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. |
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