The Book of
Exodus 35
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In this chapter
Where we are
- 1–6Slaves in EgyptOppression and a deliverer
- 7–13The plaguesThe LORD against Pharaoh
- 14–18Through the seaRescued and led
- 19–24At SinaiThe covenant and the law
- 25–31A place to dwellThe tabernacle planned
- 32–40Broken and renewedThe calf, mercy, the gloryChapter 35
The Sabbath
Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
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Pray
Rest before the work
Before a single plank was cut for God’s house, Moses said, “For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day.” Even the holiest work was to stop. Bring God the work you are carrying today. Ask Him to make you faithful in it, and glad to put it down and rest in Him.
Offerings for the Tabernacle
The call
An offering to the LORD
Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: Take from among you an offering to the LORD.
Metals
Willing hearts: gold, silver, bronze
Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
Cloth
Colored yarn, fine linen, goat hair
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn;
fine linen and goat hair;
Coverings, frames
Red ram skins, leather, acacia
ram skins dyed red and fine leather;
acacia wood;
For worship
Olive oil and spices
olive oil for the light;
spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
For the priest
Onyx and gemstones
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
The Skilled Craftsmen
Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
What to make
Everything the LORD commanded
The tent
The tabernacle and its tent
the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
Most Holy Place
The ark, the mercy seat, the veil
the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
Holy Place
The table and the bread
the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
The lampstand and its oil
the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
Incense altar, oil, entrance curtain
the altar of incense with its poles;
the anointing oil and fragrant incense;
the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
Courtyard
The bronze altar and the basin
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils;
the basin with its stand;
The courtyard and its gate
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
Tent pegs and ropes
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
For the priests
Garments for the priests
and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
Plan to scale in cubits · north at the top
Where it stood
Everything on the list
Every piece on Moses’ list, in its place: the ark behind the veil in the Most Holy Place, the table, the lampstand and the incense altar in the Holy Place, then the bronze altar and the basin in the courtyard, with its gate on the east. The craftsmen were to “make everything that the LORD has commanded,” as chapters 25–31 had given it.
Reflect
Whose heart is willing
God did not tax Israel for His house. Moses said, “Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD,” and called every skilled craftsman to come and make what God had commanded. Gifts and skills were both asked for, and both were to be given freely. What do you have in your hands, in things or in skill, that you could offer God gladly? Write it down, and write what holds you back.
The People Offer Gifts
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen. And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece, as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
Exodus 35:29
Question
Quick question
Moses passed on God’s call for gifts, and the whole camp answered.
Who brought gifts for the tabernacle?
Bezalel and Oholiab
Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.
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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain
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So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
Exodus 35:29
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