Exodus 35:1-19

Sabbath Regulations

1 Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the LORD has commanded you to do:
2 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.
3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Materials for the Tabernacle

4 Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
5 From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze;
6 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;
7 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather[a] ; acacia wood;
8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
9 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
10 “All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the LORD has commanded:
11 the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
12 the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;
13 the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence;
14 the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light;
15 the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand;
17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
18 the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes;
19 the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

Exodus 35:1-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 35

This chapter begins with a renewal of the command of the sabbath, Ex 35:1-3 and contains an order for a freewill offering to be brought for the service of the sanctuary, and specifies the things to be brought, and for what uses, Ex 35:4-19 to which there was a ready compliance, and men and women, princes and the common people, everyone according to what they had in possession, brought and offered it freely, Ex 35:20-29 and for their encouragement, that their offering would not be in vain, they were informed there were two persons divinely inspired, to do, and teach to be done, all manner of work for the tabernacle, towards which they had made such a liberal and plentiful contribution, Ex 35:30-35.

Cross References 20

  • 1. S Exodus 34:32
  • 2. S Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:9-10; Exodus 34:21; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:13-14
  • 3. S Exodus 31:14
  • 4. Exodus 16:23
  • 5. S Exodus 25:6
  • 6. Exodus 31:6; Exodus 39:43
  • 7. Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 36:8-38
  • 8. Exodus 25:10-22; Exodus 37:1-9
  • 9. S Exodus 26:33
  • 10. Exodus 25:23-30; Exodus 37:10-16; Leviticus 24:5-6
  • 11. S Exodus 25:31
  • 12. Exodus 30:1-6; Exodus 37:25-28
  • 13. Exodus 30:25
  • 14. Exodus 30:34-38
  • 15. S Exodus 26:36
  • 16. Exodus 27:1-8; Exodus 38:1-7
  • 17. S Exodus 30:18
  • 18. S Exodus 27:9; Exodus 38:9-20
  • 19. Exodus 27:19; Exodus 38:20
  • 20. S Exodus 28:2; Exodus 31:10; Exodus 39:1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23
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