Exodus 35:5-21

35:5 ‘Take ¹  an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who has a willing heart ²  bring ³  an offering to the Lord: ⁴  gold, silver, bronze, 35:6 blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat’s hair, 35:7 ram skins dyed red, fine leather, ⁵  acacia wood, 35:8 olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 35:9 onyx stones, and other gems ⁶  for mounting ⁷  on the ephod and the breastpiece. 35:10 Every skilled person ⁸  among you is to come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 35:11 the tabernacle with ⁹  its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; 35:12 the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it; 35:13 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; 35:14 the lampstand for ¹⁰  the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light; 35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 35:16 the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal; 35:17 the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard; 35:18 tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes; 35:19 the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.”

35:20 So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses. 35:21 Everyone ¹¹  whose heart stirred him to action ¹²  and everyone whose spirit was willing ¹³  came and brought the offering for the Lord for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. ¹⁴ 

Exodus 35:27

35:27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted ¹⁵  for the ephod and the breastpiece,

Exodus 35:29

35:29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through ¹⁶  Moses had commanded them ¹⁷  to do.

[35:5]  ¹ tn Heb “from with you.”

[35:5]  ² tn “Heart” is a genitive of specification, clarifying in what way they might be “willing.” The heart refers to their will, their choices.

[35:5]  ³ tn The verb has a suffix that is the direct object, but the suffixed object is qualified by the second accusative: “let him bring it, an offering.”

[35:5]  ⁴ tn The phrase is literally “the offering of Yahweh”; it could be a simple possessive, “Yahweh’s offering,” but a genitive that indicates the indirect object is more appropriate.

[35:7]  ⁵ tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.

[35:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and stones.”

[35:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “filling.”

[35:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “wise of heart”; here also “heart” would be a genitive of specification, showing that there were those who could make skillful decisions.

[35:11]  ⁹ tn In Hebrew style all these items are typically connected with a vav (ו) conjunction, but English typically uses commas except between the last two items in a series or between items in a series that are somehow related to one another. The present translation follows contemporary English style in lists such as this.

[35:14]  ¹⁰ tn “for” has been supplied.

[35:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “man.”

[35:21]  ¹² tn The verb means “lift up, bear, carry.” Here the subject is “heart” or will, and so the expression describes one moved within to act.

[35:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “his spirit made him willing.” The verb is used in Scripture for the freewill offering that people brought (Lev 7).

[35:21]  ¹⁴ tn Literally “the garments of holiness,” the genitive is the attributive genitive, marking out what type of garments these were.

[35:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and stones of the filling.”

[35:29]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[35:29]  ¹⁷ tn Here “them” has been supplied.