Exodus 35

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¹Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: ✦ ²“For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. ✦ ³You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.” ✦ ⁴Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, ✦ ⁵‘Take from among you a contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze, ✦ ⁶and violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair, ✦ ⁷and rams’ skins dyed red, and fine leather, and acacia wood, ⁸and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, ✦ ⁹and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece. ✦ ¹⁰‘Have every skillful person among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: ✦ ¹¹the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; ✦ ¹²the ark and its poles, the atoning cover, and the covering curtain; ✦ ¹³the table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; ✦ ¹⁴the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; ✦ ¹⁵and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle; ✦ ¹⁶the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; ✦ ¹⁷the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard; ✦ ¹⁸the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the courtyard and their ropes; ✦ ¹⁹the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to serve as priests.’ ” ✦ ²⁰Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. ²¹And everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. ✦ ²²Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who presented an offering of gold to the Lord. ✦ ²³Everyone who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins dyed red or fine leather, brought them. ✦ ²⁴Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the Lord’s contribution; and everyone who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. ✦ ²⁵And all the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. ✦ ²⁶And all the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. ✦ ²⁷The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece; ✦ ²⁸and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. ✦ ²⁹The Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a voluntary offering to the Lord. ✦ ³⁰Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ✦ ³¹And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all craftsmanship; ✦ ³²to create designs for working in gold, in silver, and in bronze, ³³and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. ³⁴He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ✦ ³⁵He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

1 Chr 29 ·13 Exod 35 ·12 Exod 31 ·10 Exod 25 ·10 Exod 26 ·9 Exod 36 ·8 Exod 28 ·7 1 Cor 12 ·7

Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical
On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"
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Free animated overviews of every book of the Bible, plus themes and Hebrew/Greek word studies — the best visual on-ramp to any book. (Biblical-theology, broadly evangelical, not distinctly Reformed.)
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VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical
Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.
DocumentaryPatterns of Evidence: The ExodusTim Mahoney · Paid · evangelical
Investigates the archaeological evidence for the Exodus. Note: it advances a minority biblical chronology that mainstream scholars dispute — engaging, but weigh its conclusions critically.

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★ Start hereCommentaryExodus (New American Commentary)Douglas K. Stuart · Paid · evangelical
The best evangelical, semi-technical commentary on Exodus — accessible to pastors and serious students.
DocumentaryThat the World May KnowRay Vander Laan · Paid · evangelical
Ray Vander Laan's on-location series immersing you in the Bible's historical and cultural world. (Mostly paid via Focus on the Family; some free clips.)
SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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VideoBibleProject — Exodus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
VideoWatch teaching on Exodus 35YouTube · Lay · Free
Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.
CommentaryEnduring Word — Exodus 35David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on ExodusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Exodus 35Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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