VayakhelAnd he assembled

1Reading 1 Exodus 35:1–20Chapter page with footnotes →

The Shabbat

^35:1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which the LORD has commanded, to do them. ²Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day there shall be for you holiness, a Shabbat of Shabbaton to the LORD; everyone doing work in it shall be put to death. ³You shall not kindle a fire in all your dwellings on the day of the Shabbat."

Offerings for the Tabernacle

⁴And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying: ⁵Take from among you an offering for the LORD; everyone of a willing heart, let him bring it, the offering of the LORD: gold, and silver, and bronze;

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

⁷and rams' skins dyed red, and skins of tachash, and acacia wood;

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

⁹and onyx stones, and stones of settings, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

The Skilled Craftsmen

¹⁰And every wise of heart among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

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

¹²the ark, and its staves, the cover, and the veil of the screen;

¹³the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the bread of the presence;

¹⁴and the lampstand of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of the light;

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

¹⁶the altar of the burnt offering, and the grating of bronze which is for it, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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

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

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.

The People Offer Gifts

²⁰And all the congregation of the sons of Israel went out from before Moses.

2Reading 2 Exodus 35:21–29Chapter page with footnotes →

^35:21And they came, every man whose heart lifted him up, and everyone whose spirit made him willing; they brought the offering of the LORD for the work of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed), and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

²²And they came, the men along with the women; everyone of a willing heart brought brooches, and nose-rings, and rings, and ornaments, all articles of gold; even every man who waved a wave-offering of gold to the LORD.

²³And every man with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red and skins of tachash, brought them. ²⁴Everyone lifting up an offering of silver and bronze brought the offering of the LORD; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

²⁵And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they brought what was spun: the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. ²⁶And all the women whose heart lifted them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.

²⁷And the princes brought the onyx stones, and the stones of settings, for the ephod and for the breastpiece; ²⁸and the spice, and the oil, for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices.

²⁹Every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work which the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses to be made, the sons of Israel brought a freewill offering to the LORD.

3Reading 3 Exodus 35:30–36:7Chapter page with footnotes →

Bezalel and Oholiab

^35:30And 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, and in knowledge, and in all work; ³²and to devise designs, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze; ³³and in the cutting of stone for setting, and in the carving of wood, to work in every work of design.

³⁴And to teach he has put in his heart, both he and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ³⁵He has filled them with wisdom of heart to do all work of the engraver and the designer and the embroiderer, in the blue and in the purple, in the scarlet and in the fine linen, and of the weaver, those doing every work and devising designs.

The People Bring More than Enough

^36:1And Bezalel and Oholiab shall make, and every man wise of heart in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding among them, to know to do all the work of the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD commanded.

²And Moses called to Bezalel and to Oholiab and to every man wise of heart in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up to draw near to the work to do it. ³And they took from before Moses all the offering which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to do it. And they brought to him still more freewill offerings morning by morning. ⁴And all the wise ones who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each man from his work which they were doing, ⁵and they spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service for the work which the LORD commanded to do."

⁶And Moses commanded, and they caused a voice to pass through the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary." And the people were restrained from bringing. ⁷And the work was enough for them for all the work, to do it, and more than enough.

4Reading 4 Exodus 36:8–19Chapter page with footnotes →

The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle

^36:8And every one wise of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle: ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; cherubim, the work of a designer, he made them. ⁹The length of the one curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth four cubits, the one curtain; one measure for all the curtains. ¹⁰And he joined the five curtains one to another, and five curtains he joined one to another.

¹¹And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the coupling; likewise he made on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second coupling. ¹²Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made at the end of the curtain that was in the second coupling, the loops corresponding one to another. ¹³And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps; and the tabernacle became one.

The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair

¹⁴And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them. ¹⁵The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of the one curtain; one measure for the eleven curtains. ¹⁶And he joined the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves. ¹⁷And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second joining. ¹⁸And he made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together, to be one.

¹⁹And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of tachash skins above.

5Reading 5 Exodus 36:20–37:16Chapter page with footnotes →

The Frames and Bases

^36:20And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. ²¹Ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board. ²²Two tenons for the one board, joined one to another; thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle.

²³And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, southward. ²⁴And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards: two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.

²⁵And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he made twenty boards, ²⁶and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

²⁷And for the rear parts of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards. ²⁸And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear parts. ²⁹And they were doubled from beneath, and together they were complete to its top, to the one ring; thus he did for both of them, for the two corners. ³⁰And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets, two sockets under the one board.

³¹And he made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ³²and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the rear parts, westward.

³³And he made the middle bar to run through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end. ³⁴And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold as houses for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

The Veil

³⁵And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; the work of a designer he made it, cherubim.

³⁶And he made for it four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

The Curtain for the Entrance

³⁷And he made a screen for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer. ³⁸And its five pillars and their hooks; and he overlaid their heads and their bands with gold; and their five sockets were of bronze.

Constructing the Ark

^37:1And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ²And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made for it a molding of gold round about. ³And he cast for it four rings of gold upon its four feet: two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side. ⁴And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ⁵And he brought the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

The Mercy Seat

⁶And he made a cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ⁷And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work he made them, from the two ends of the cover: ⁸one cherub from the end on this side, and one cherub from the end on that side; from the cover he made the cherubim, from its two ends. ⁹And the cherubim were spreading wings upward, covering with their wings over the cover, and their faces each man toward his brother; toward the cover were the faces of the cherubim.

The Table of Showbread

¹⁰And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a molding of gold round about. ¹²And he made for it a frame of a handbreadth round about, and made a molding of gold for its frame round about.

¹³And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were for its four feet. ¹⁴Close by the frame were the rings, houses for the staves, to carry the table. ¹⁵And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

¹⁶And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars with which it would be poured out, of pure gold.

6Reading 6 Exodus 37:17–29Chapter page with footnotes →

The Lampstand

^37:17And he made the lampstand of pure gold; of beaten work he made the lampstand, its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were from it. ¹⁸And six branches going out from its sides: three branches of the lampstand from its one side, and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹Three cups made like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups made like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower; so for the six branches going out from the lampstand.

²⁰And in the lampstand four cups made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers; ²¹and a knob under the two branches from it, and a knob under the two branches from it, and a knob under the two branches from it, for the six branches going out from it. ²²Their knobs and their branches were from it; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

²³And he made its lamps, seven, and its tongs and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold. ²⁴Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.

The Altar of Incense

²⁵And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit its length and a cubit its breadth, four-square, and two cubits its height; from it were its horns. ²⁶And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its walls round about, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold round about.

²⁷And two rings of gold he made for it under its molding, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for houses for staves to carry it with them. ²⁸And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

²⁹And he made the oil of the anointing, holy, and the pure incense of the spices, the work of a perfumer.

7Reading 7 Exodus 38:1–20Chapter page with footnotes →

The Bronze Altar

^38:1And he made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, four-square, and three cubits its height. ²And he made its horns upon its four corners; from it were its horns; and he overlaid it with bronze.

³And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the basins, the forks and the fire-pans; all its vessels he made of bronze. ⁴And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge from beneath, to its half.

⁵And he cast four rings on the four ends of the grating of bronze, houses for the staves. ⁶And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷And he brought the staves into the rings upon the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; hollow of boards he made it.

The Bronze Basin

⁸And he made the laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, with the mirrors of the serving women who served at the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed).

The Courtyard

⁹And he made the court: for the south side, southward, the hangings of the court of fine twined linen, a hundred by the cubit. ¹⁰Their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹¹And for the north side, a hundred by the cubit; their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹²And for the west side, hangings of fifty by the cubit; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹³And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits.

¹⁴Hangings of fifteen cubits to the one shoulder; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵And for the second shoulder, on this side and on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶All the hangings of the court round about of fine twined linen. ¹⁷And the sockets for the pillars of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver, and the overlay of their heads of silver; and they were banded with silver, all the pillars of the court.

¹⁸And the screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits the length, and the height in the breadth five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹And their pillars four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlay of their heads and their bands of silver. ²⁰And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of bronze.

P1 Kings 7:40–50Chapter page with footnotes →

Completion of the Bronze Works

^7:40And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; and Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for king Solomon, the house of the LORD:

⁴¹the two pillars, and the bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars—two; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

⁴²and the pomegranates—four hundred—for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for the one network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the face of the pillars;

⁴³and the bases—ten; and the lavers—ten—upon the bases;

⁴⁴and the one sea, and the twelve oxen beneath the sea;

⁴⁵and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; even all these vessels which Hiram made for king Solomon, the house of the LORD, were of burnished bronze. ⁴⁶In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the thickness of the ground, between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because of the very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not searched out.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

⁴⁸And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table on which was the bread of the Presence, of gold;

⁴⁹and the lampstands—five on the right and five on the left, before the oracle—of pure gold; and the flower, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

⁵⁰and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets for the doors of the inner house, the Holy of Holies, for the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.

A2 Corinthians 9:6–8Chapter page with footnotes →

^9:6Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;