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Offerings for the Sacred Tent

(Exodus 25.1-9; 35.10-19)

Moses told the people of Israel that the Lord had said:

I will welcome an offering from anyone who wants to give something. You may bring gold, silver, or bronze; blue, purple, or red wool; fine linen; goat hair; tanned ram skin or fine leather; acacia wood; olive oil for the lamp; sweet-smelling spices for the oil of dedication and for the incense; or onyx[a] stones or other gems for the sacred vest and breastpiece.

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Footnotes

  1. 35.9 onyx: See the note at 25.7.

Materials for the Tabernacle(A)(B)

Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: 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; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather[a]; acacia wood; olive oil(C) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 35:7 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23