Exodus 35 · Parashat Vayakhel

And Moshe gathered all the congregation of the children of Yisra᾽el together, and said to them, These are the words which the Lord has commanded, that you should do them.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whoever does work on it shall be put to death.

You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day.

And Moshe spoke to all the congregation of the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,

Take from among you an offering to the Lord: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

and rams’ skins dyed red, and taĥash skins, and shittim wood,

and oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

and shoham stones, and stones to be set for the efod, and for the breastplate.

And every wisehearted man among you shall come, and make all that the Lord has commanded;

the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,

the ark, and its poles, with the covering, and the veil of the screen,

the table, and its poles, and all its vessels, and the showbread,

the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, with the oil for the light,

and the incense altar, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,

the altar of burnt offering, with its brazen grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its pedestal,

the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the screen for the door of the court,

the pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords,

the uniforms, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aharon the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.

And all the congregation of the children of Yisra᾽el departed from the presence of Moshe.

And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing of heart, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all jewels of gold: and every man that had offered an offering of gold to the Lord.

And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and taĥash skins, brought them.

Everyone that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

And all the women that were wisehearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.

And the rulers brought shoham stones, and stones to be set, for the efod, and for the breastplate;

and spice, and oil: for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices.

The children of Yisra᾽el brought a willing offering to the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moshe, to be made.

And Moshe said to the children of Yisra᾽el, See, the Lord has called by name Beżal᾽el the son of Uri, the son of Ḥur, of the tribe of Yehuda;

and he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

and to contrive works of art, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make all manner of artistic work.

And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholi᾽av, the son of Aĥisamakh, of the tribe of Dan.

Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to do all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the craftsman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise artistic work.