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Sabbath Regulations

Moses 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.

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Sabbath Regulations

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:

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Six 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.

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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.

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You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.”

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You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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Contributions for the Tabernacle

Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded.

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Offerings for the Tabernacle

And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying:

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Take 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;

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‘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;

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blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,

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blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;

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tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins;a acacia wood,

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ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

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oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

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and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

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onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

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“Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded:

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Articles of the Tabernacle

‘All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded:

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the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

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the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;

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the ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering;

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the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;

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the table and its poles, all its utensils, and the showbread;

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the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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also the lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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and 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;

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the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

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the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;

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the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base;

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the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

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the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

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the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

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the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords;

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the finely worked garments for ministeringb in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”

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the [a]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.’ ”

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Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

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The Tabernacle Offerings Presented

And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

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And 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.

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Then everyone came whose heart [b]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.

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So 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.

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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.

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And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them.

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And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and [c]badger skins, brought them.

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Everyone 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.

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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.

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And 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.

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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.

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All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair.

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And all the women whose hearts [d]stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair.

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And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

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The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,

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and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

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and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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All 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.

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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.

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Construction of the Tabernacle

Then 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;

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The Artisans Called by God

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;

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and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,

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and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship,

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to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,

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to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze,

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in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.

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in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

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And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.

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“And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

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He 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.

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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.

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Exodus 35

Exodus 35