1. Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, ‘These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do:
2. for six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.
3. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.’
4. Moses said to the whole Israelite community, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded:
5. from what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze;
1. designers.
1. So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.’
2. Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.
3. They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
4. So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing
5. and said to Moses, ‘The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.’