Read with Parashah 23 in regular years; read separately in leap years
35Verse 1Moses [Drawn out] assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], and said to them, “These are the words which Adonai has enjoined, that you should do them.Verse 2‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Shabath ·Intermission· of solemn rest to Adonai: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.Verse 3+You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Shabath ·Intermission· day.’”Verse 4Moses [Drawn out] spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, “This is the thing which Adonai enjoined, saying,Verse 5‘Take from among you an offering to Adonai. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Adonai’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,Verse 6blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,Verse 7rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,Verse 8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,Verse 9onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.Verse 10“‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Adonai has enjoined:Verse 11the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;Verse 12the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;Verse 13the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the show bread;Verse 14the menorah ·lamp· also for the light, with its utensils, its menorah ·lamp· candles, and the oil for the light;Verse 15and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;Verse 16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its base;Verse 17the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;Verse 18the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;Verse 19the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron [Light-bringer] the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.’”Verse 20All the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails] departed from the presence of Moses [Drawn out]. (LY: 2)Verse 21They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Adonai’s offering, for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.Verse 22They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Adonai.Verse 23Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.Verse 24Everyone who offered an offering of silver and bronze brought Adonai’s offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.Verse 25All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.Verse 26All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.Verse 27The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;Verse 28and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.Verse 29The children of Israel [God prevails] brought a free will offering to Adonai; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Adonai had enjoined to be made by Moses [Drawn out]. (RY:2, LY:3)Verse 30Moses [Drawn out] said to the children of Israel [God prevails], “Behold, Adonai has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah [Praised].Verse 31He has filled him with the breath mind Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;Verse 32and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,Verse 33in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.Verse 34He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan [He judged].Verse 35He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.