Day 43 of 730

¹Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which the Lord has commanded, that you should do them.

²'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

³You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.'"

⁴Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,

⁵'Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the Lord's offering: gold, silver, brass,

⁶blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,

⁷rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

⁸oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

⁹onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

¹⁰"'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that the Lord has commanded:

¹¹the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

¹²the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;

¹³the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;

¹⁴the menorah also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

¹⁵and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

¹⁶the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;

¹⁷the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

¹⁸the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;

¹⁹the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"

²⁰All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

²¹They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought the Lord's offering, for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.

²²They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to the Lord.

²³Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.

²⁴Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.

²⁵All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

²⁶All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.

²⁷The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;

²⁸and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

²⁹The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by Moses.

³⁰Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

³¹He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

³²and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,

³³in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

³⁴He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

³⁵He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

¹"Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord has commanded."

²Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:

³and they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill offerings every morning.

⁴All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.

⁵They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded to make."

⁶Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing.

⁷For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

⁸All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.

⁹The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.

¹⁰He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

¹¹He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.

¹²He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.

¹³He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.

¹⁴He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.

¹⁵The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.

¹⁶He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

¹⁷He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.

¹⁸He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.

¹⁹He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

²⁰He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

²¹Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

²²Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.

²³He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward.

²⁴He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

²⁵For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,

²⁶and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

²⁷For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

²⁸He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

²⁹They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.

³⁰There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.

³¹He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

³²and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

³³He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.

³⁴He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

³⁵He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

³⁶He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.

³⁷He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

³⁸and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.

¹Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

²For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

³Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.

⁴Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

⁵Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

¹Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

²A good man shall obtain favor from the Lord, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

³A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁴A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

⁶The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

⁹Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

¹⁰A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

¹³An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

¹⁴A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

¹⁶A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

¹⁷He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

¹⁸There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

¹⁹Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

²⁰Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

²¹No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

²²Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who do the truth are his delight.

²³A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

²⁴The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

²⁵Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

²⁶A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

²⁷The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.