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Moses assembled the whole community of Israelites and said, 'These are the things Yahweh has ordered to be done:
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Work must be done for six days, but the seventh must be a holy day for you, a day of complete rest, in honour of Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on that day will be put to death.
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You will not light a fire on the Sabbath day in any of your homes.'
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Moses spoke to the whole community of Israelites. 'This', he said, 'is what Yahweh has ordered:
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Set aside a contribution for Yahweh out of your possessions. Everyone whose heart prompts him to do so should bring a contribution for Yahweh: gold, silver and bronze;
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materials dyed violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, finely woven linen, goats' hair,
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rams' skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
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cornelian and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate.
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And all those of you who have the skill must come and make everything that Yahweh has ordered:
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the Dwelling, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its frames, its crossbars, its pillars and its sockets;
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the ark, its shafts and all its accessories, the mercy-seat and the screening curtain;
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the table, its shafts and all its accessories, and the loaves of permanent offering;
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the lamp-stand for the light, its accessories, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
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the altar of incense and its shafts, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance, for the entrance of the tent;
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the altar of burnt offerings and its bronze grating, its shafts, and all its accessories; the basin and its stand;
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the curtaining for the court, its poles, its sockets, and the screen for the entrance to the court;
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the pegs for the Dwelling and the pegs for the court, and their cords;
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the liturgical vestments for service in the sanctuary -- the sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, and the vestments for his sons, for their priestly functions.'
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The whole community of Israelites then withdrew from Moses' presence.
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And all those whose heart stirred them and all those whose spirit prompted them brought a contribution for Yahweh, for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for its general service and for the sacred vestments.
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Men and women, they came, all those whose heart prompted them, bringing brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, golden objects of every kind -- all those who had vowed gold to Yahweh,
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while all those who happened to own violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, finely woven linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, or fine leather, brought that.
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All those offering a contribution of silver or bronze brought their contribution for Yahweh and all who happened to own acacia wood, suitable for any of the work to be done, brought that.
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All the skilled women set their hands to spinning, and brought what they had spun: violet-purple, red-purple or crimson materials, and fine linen,
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while all those women whose heart stirred them by virtue of their skill, spun goats' hair.
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The leaders brought cornelians and other stones to be set in the ephod and breastplate,
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and the spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
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All those Israelites, men and women, whose heart prompted them to contribute to the entire work that Yahweh had ordered through Moses to be done, brought a contribution to Yahweh.
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Moses then said to the Israelites, 'Look, Yahweh has singled out Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
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and has filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom, knowledge and skill in every kind of craft:
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in designing and carrying out work in gold and silver and bronze,
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in cutting stones to be set, in wood carving and in executing every kind of work.
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And on him and on Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, he has bestowed the gift of teaching,
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and filled them with the skill to carry out every kind of work, that of the engraver, that of the embroiderer, that of the needleworker in violet-purple, red-purple and crimson materials and fine linen, that of the weaver, and indeed that of every kind of craftsman and designer.'
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