1. Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.
2. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
3. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.”
4. Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded.
5. Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;
6. blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,
7. tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood,
8. oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
9. and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
10. “Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded:
11. the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
12. the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;
13. the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;