13 Sep 2025 – jeffersonvann

Exodus 35

Exodus 35:1 Moses collected all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, “These are the words that reflect what Yahveh has commanded you to do.

Exodus 35:2 Work should be done for six days, but on the seventh day you should have a Sabbath of sacred rest, sacred to Yahveh. Whoever does any work on it should be put to death.

Exodus 35:3 You should kindle no fire in all your homes on the Sabbath day.”

Exodus 35:4 Moses told all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This reflects what Yahveh has commanded.

Exodus 35:5 Take from among yourselves a contribution to Yahveh. Whoever has an inclined heart, let him bring Yahveh’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 35:6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,

Exodus 35:7 tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood,

Exodus 35:8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

Exodus 35:9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the sacred pouch.

Exodus 35:10 “Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that Yahveh has commanded:

Exodus 35:11 the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

Exodus 35:12 the ark with its poles, the atonement cover, and the veil of the screen;

Exodus 35:13 the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the face bread;

Exodus 35:14 the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

Exodus 35:15 and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

Exodus 35:16 the altar of ascending offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;

Exodus 35:17 the drapes of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

Exodus 35:18 the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

Exodus 35:19 the finely worked garments for serving in the Sacred Place, the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”

Exodus 35:20 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

Exodus 35:21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose breath moved him, bringing Yahveh’s contribution to be used for the conference tent, and for all its service, and for the sacred garments.

Exodus 35:22 So they came, both men and women. All who had an inclined heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all kinds of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to Yahveh.

Exodus 35:23 And everyone who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them.

Exodus 35:24 Everyone who could contribute silver or bronze brought it as Yahveh’s contribution. And everyone who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.

Exodus 35:25 And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

Exodus 35:26 All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair.

Exodus 35:27 And the leaders brought onyx stones and other stones to be set, for the ephod and for the sacred pouch,

Exodus 35:28 and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

Exodus 35:29 All the men and women, the sons of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that Yahveh had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to Yahveh.

Exodus 35:30 Then Moses told the people of Israel, “Look, Yahveh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

Exodus 35:31 and he has filled him with the Breath of God, with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of work,

Exodus 35:32 to plan with precision, to work in gold and silver and bronze,

Exodus 35:33 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.

Exodus 35:34 And he has put it in his heart to teach, also Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.

Exodus 35:35 He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver – by any sort of workman or skilled designer.

Exodus 35 quotes:

“Exodus 35 speaks of the different materials offered by the people of God for the building of the tabernacle. All these materials offered -by the people of Israel represent the things of Christ which were experienced by the people of God. They experienced these items, so they possessed them. What they offered were the things which they possessed, earned, and had in their hands. The things experienced and possessed by them they now brought to offer to Ged to be the material for the building.”

Lee, Witness. Spiritual Applications of the Tabernacle. Living Stream Ministry, 1987. p. 21.

“A study of Exodus 35 and 36 reveals that the word “‘heart’’ or ‘‘hearted” is used at least 12 times. The people gave these offerings freely as a heart response to the goodness of the Lord (Exodus 36:3).It is the condition of the heart which counts before the Lord (Psalms 51:10,I2, 17 and Mark 7:6).”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 10.

“Exodus 35 stresses to begin with that “this is what the Lord has commanded”, the offering is “for the Lord.” The Lord never asks without reason or foundation. This is the Savior-God who is commanding this, the Lord who has revealed himself in all his grace and mercy, the Lord who has made an everlasting covenant with his people, the Lord who knows that a grateful people will want to show their gratitude to him for his blessings, yes, who need this expression of thanks in order to express their fellowship with him. The Lord doesn’t want our gifts because he needs us. We need him, and we need to express this in our life and in our worship.”

Wendland, Ernst H. Exodus. Northwestern Pub. House, 1984. p. 259.