The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Exodus 35

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Torah

Exodus chapter 35 — part of the Torah in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which HaShem hath commanded, that ye should…” — the complete text of all 35 verses is below, free to read online.

1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which HaShem hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to HaShem; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.'

4And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the thing which HaShem commanded, saying:

5Take ye from among you an offering unto HaShem, whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, HaShem'S offering: gold, and silver, and brass;

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

7and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;

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

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

10And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that HaShem hath commanded:

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

12the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen;

13the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;

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

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

16the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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

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

19the plaited 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.'

20And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

21And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought HaShem'S offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.

22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought nose-rings, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold; even every man that brought an offering of gold unto HaShem.

23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.

24Every one that did set apart an offering of silver and brass brought HaShem'S offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.

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

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

27And the 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, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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

30And Moses said unto the children of Israel: 'See, HaShem hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

31And He hath filled him with the spirit of G-d, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.

32And to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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

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

35Them hath He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the craftsman, and of the skilful workman, and of the weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

35 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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