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Instructions for the Sabbath

Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the LORD has commanded you to follow.

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The Sabbath Emphasized

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:

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You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

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“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.

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You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”

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“You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”

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Offerings for the Tabernacle

Then Moses said to the whole community of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

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Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying,

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Take a sacred offering for the LORD. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD:
gold, silver, and bronze;

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‘Take from among you a contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD’S contribution: gold, silver, and bronze,

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blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;

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and blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;
acacia wood;

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and rams’ skins dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood,

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olive oil for the lamps;
spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;

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

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onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.

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

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“Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the LORD has commanded:

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Tabernacle Workmen

‘Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded:

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the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;

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

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the Ark and its carrying poles;
the Ark’s cover — the place of atonement;
the inner curtain to shield the Ark;

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the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen;

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the table, its carrying poles, and all its utensils;
the Bread of the Presence;

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

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for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;

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

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the incense altar and its carrying poles;
the anointing oil and fragrant incense;
the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;

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

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the altar of burnt offering;
the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils;
the washbasin with its stand;

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

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the curtains for the walls of the courtyard;
the posts and their bases;
the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;

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

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the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;

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

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the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place — the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”

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the woven garments 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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So the whole community of Israel left Moses and returned to their tents.

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Gifts Received

Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence.

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All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle,a for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.

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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.

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Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the LORD their offerings of gold — brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the LORD.

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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 every man who presented an offering of gold to the LORD.

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All those who owned the following items willingly brought them: blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; and tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather.

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Every man, who had in his possession blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.

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And all who had silver and bronze objects gave them as a sacred offering to the LORD. And those who had acacia wood brought it for use in the project.

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Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the LORD’S contribution; and every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

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All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen cloth.

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All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.

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All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.

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All the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair.

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The leaders brought onyx stones and the special gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.

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The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece;

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They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense.

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and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

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So the people of Israel — every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the LORD had given them through Moses — brought their gifts and gave them freely to the LORD.

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The Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart moved them to bring material for all the work, which the LORD had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a freewill offering to the LORD.

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Then Moses told the people of Israel, “The LORD has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

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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.

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The LORD has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.

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“And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in all craftsmanship;

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He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze.

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to make designs for working in gold and in silver and in bronze,

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He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood. He is a master at every craft.

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and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work.

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And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.

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“He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

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The LORD has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers.

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“He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

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