God
called Moses up into Mount Sinai, and Moses was in the Mount forty days.
And
God said, “Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring Me an offering, of
every man that giveth willingly with his heart, to build a Tabernacle that I
may dwell with them.”
So
God told Moses how to make a Tabernacle so that He could dwell among them.
When
Moses came down from the Mount he gathered all the children of Israel together
and said, “Whosoever is of a willing heart let him bring an offering unto the
Lord. Gold, silver and brass; blue, purple and scarlet, and fine linen, and
shittim wood; and oil for the light.”
Then
the people brought willingly. And they gave more than enough, so Moses bade
them bring no more.
And
God gave special wisdom to Bezaleel and to Aholiab, to be over all wise-hearted
men who made all the work of the Tabernacle.
Also
the women did spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, blue,
purple and scarlet, and fine linen.
The
rulers also brought onyx stones, and precious stones for the breastplate, which
Aaron the high priest wore.
Exo.
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