Exodus 35:4-29

4Moses said to all the Israelites, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded:

5Take an offering to give to the Lord from the things that you have. Everyone who wants to give something may choose to give these things: gold, silver, bronze;

6blue, purple and red material; good linen, goats' hair;

7red leather from sheep's skins and other kinds of good leather; acacia wood;

8olive oil for the lamps; spices to make the special oil and the sweet incense;

9onyx stones and other jewels to fix on the ephod and on the breastpiece.

10Every clever person who has special skills must come to help. They must make all these things that the Lord has commanded:

11the tabernacle, with the tent and the other material that covers it; the rings, boards, sticks, poles and bases that are part of the tabernacle;

12the Covenant Box, with its poles, its special lid and the curtain that hides it;

13the special table with its poles and all its dishes; the special bread that you will put on the table for the Lord;

14the lampstand that will give light and its tools; the lamps and the oil for the lamps;

15the altar for incense and its poles; the special oil and the sweet incense; the curtain for the entrance of the tabernacle;

16the altar for burnt offerings and its bronze net; the poles for this altar and all its tools; the large bowl for water and its base;

17the curtains for the yard, its poles and their bases; the curtain for the entrance of the yard;

18pegs to fix the tent to the ground; pegs and ropes to hold the curtain around the yard;

19the special clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they serve the Lord as priests in the Holy Place.’

20After Moses had said this, all the Israelites went away.

21Everyone who decided to offer a gift to the Lord brought the things that they wanted to give. They brought the things to make the Tent of Meeting and the things to use in it. They also brought materials to make the priests' special clothes.

22Both men and women brought beautiful things because they wanted to do that. They brought gold things and jewels that they had worn. They included rings, necklaces and other beautiful things. When they brought their gifts, they lifted them up as an offering of gold to the Lord.

23Everyone who had blue, purple or red material, or good linen, brought it. They also brought goats' hair, red leather from sheep's skins and other kinds of good leather.

24Those who brought gifts of silver or bronze offered them to the Lord. Everyone who had acacia wood brought it to help with the Lord's work.

25All the women who knew how to make things used their hands to make material. They brought what they had made: blue, purple and red material and good linen.

26Other clever women used goats' hair to make cloth. They did that because they wanted to help.

27The leaders of the Israelites brought onyx stones and other jewels to fix on the ephod and on the breastpiece.

28They also brought spices and olive oil. These things were to burn in the lamps, and to make the special oil and the sweet incense.

29Many Israelites chose to offer gifts to the Lord. Men and women all brought the gifts that they had decided to bring. Moses had told them about the work that the Lord had commanded them to do. So they brought these things to help with the work.