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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

Geneva Bible :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 35 -

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Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:
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Six dayes thou shalt work, but the seuenth day shall bee vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer doth any worke therein, shall die.
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Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day.

Offerings for the Tabernacle

(Exodus 25:1–9)
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Againe, Moses spake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, saying,
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Take from among you an offering vnto the Lord: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, namely golde, and siluer, and brasse:
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Also blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates heare,
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And rams skins died red, and badgers skins with Shittim wood:
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Also oyle for light, and spices for the anointing oyle, and for the sweete incense,
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And onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.

The Skilled Craftsmen

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And all the wise hearted among you, shall come and make all that the Lord hath commanded:
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That is, the Tabernacle, that pauilion thereof, and his couering, and his taches and his boards, his barres, his pillars and his sockets,
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The Arke, and the barres thereof ye Merci-seate, and the vaile that couereth it,
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The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread:
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Also the Candlesticke of light and his instruments, and his lampes with the oyle for the light:
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Likewise the Altar of perfume and his barres, and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the vaile of the doore at the entring in of the Tabernacle,
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The Altar of burnt offering with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instruments, the Lauer and his foote,
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The hangings of the court, his pillars and his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the court,
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The pinnes of the Tabernacle, and the pinnes of the court with their cordes,
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The ministring garments to minister in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the Priest, and the garmentes of his sonnes, that they may minister in the Priests office.

The People Offer Gifts

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Then all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
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And euery one, whose heart encouraged him, and euery one, whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and for all his vses, and for the holy garments.
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Both men and women, as many as were free hearted, came and brought taches and earings, and rings, and bracelets, all were iewels of golde: and euery one that offered an offring of gold vnto the Lord:
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Euery man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates heare, and rammes skinnes died red, and badgers skins, brought them.
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All that offered an oblation of siluer and of brasse, brought the offring vnto the Lord: and euery one, that had Shittim wood for any maner worke of the ministration, brought it.
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And all the women that were wise hearted, did spin with their hands, and brought ye spun worke, euen the blewe silke, and the purple, the skarlet, and the fine linen.
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Likewise al the women, whose hearts were moued with knowledge, spun goates heare.
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And ye rulers brought onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate:
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Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anoynting oyle, and for the sweete perfume.
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Euery man and woman of the children of Israel, whose hearts moued the willingly to bring for all the worke which the Lord had commanded the to make by the hand of Moses, brought a free offring to the Lord.

Bezalel and Oholiab

(Exodus 31:1–11)
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Then Moses sayde vnto the children of Israel, Beholde, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah,
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And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke,
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To finde out curious workes, to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,
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And in grauing stones to set them, and in karuing of wood, euen to make any maner of fine worke.
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And he hath put in his heart that hee may teach other: both hee, and Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan:
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Them hath he filled with wisdome of heart to worke all maner of cunning and broidred, and needle worke: in blewe silke, and in purple, in skarlet, and in fine linnen and weauing, euen to do all maner of worke and subtill inuentions.
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Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them.
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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
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You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’”

Offerings for the Tabernacle

(Exodus 25:1–9)
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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 an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,
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blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
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rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

The Skilled Craftsmen

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“‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded:
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the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
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the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
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the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;
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the lamp stand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
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and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
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the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
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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 pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;
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the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy placethe holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sonsto minister in the priest’s office.’”

The People Offer Gifts

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All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
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They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought the LORD’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.
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They 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 the LORD.
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Everyone with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
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Everyone who offered an offering of silver and 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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All 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.
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All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
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The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate;
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with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
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The children of Israel brought a free will offering to the LORD; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by Moses.

Bezalel and Oholiab

(Exodus 31:1–11)
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Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
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and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,
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in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
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He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
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He 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.