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Materials for the Tabernacle
Then Moses said to all the people, "This is what the Lord has commanded: All of you who wish to, all those with generous hearts, may bring these offerings to Jehovah:
Gold, silver, and bronze;
Blue, purple, and scarlet cloth, made of fine-twined linen or of goat's hair;
Tanned rams' skins and specially treated goatskins;
Acacia wood;
Olive oil for the lamps;
Spices for the anointing oil and for the incense;
Onyx stones and stones to be used for the ephod and chestpiece.
Come, all of you who are skilled craftsmen having special talents, and construct what God has commanded us:
The Tabernacle tent, and its coverings, clasps, frames, bars, pillars, and bases;
The Ark and its poles;
The place of mercy;
The veil to enclose the Holy Place;
The table, its carrying poles, and all of its utensils;
The Bread of the Presence;
Lamp holders, with lamps and oil;
The incense altar and its carrying poles;
The anointing oil and sweet incense;
The curtain for the door of the Tabernacle;
The altar for the burnt offerings;
The bronze grating of the altar, and its carrying poles and utensils;
The basin with its pedestal;
The drapes for the walls of the court;
The pillars and their bases;
Drapes for the entrance to the court;
The posts of the Tabernacle court, and their cords;
The beautiful clothing for the priests, to be used when ministering in the Holy Place;
The holy garments for Aaron the priest, and for his sons."
So all the people went to their tents to prepare their gifts. Those whose hearts were stirred by God's Spirit returned with their offerings of materials for the Tabernacle, its equipment, and for the holy garments. Both men and women came, all who were willing-hearted. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold, jewelry--earrings, rings from their fingers, necklaces--and gold objects of every kind. Others brought blue, purple, and scarlet cloth made from the fine-twined linen or goats' hair; and ram skins dyed red, and specially treated goatskins. Others brought silver and bronze as their offering to the Lord; and some brought the acacia wood needed in the construction.
The women skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread and cloth, and fine-twined linen, and brought them in. Some other women gladly used their special skill to spin the goats' hair into cloth. The leaders brought onyx stones to be used for the ephod and the chestpiece; and spices, and oil--for the light, and for compounding the anointing oil and the sweet incense. So the people of Israel--every man and woman who wanted to assist in the work given to them by the Lord's command to Moses--brought their freewill offerings to him.
TEXT SOURCE:
(Exodus 35:4-29) The Children's Living Bible, ©1970 Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187
TITLE SOURCE: The New Student Bible, ©1992 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan
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