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Exodus 35

Sabbath Regulations.

1Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them,^a “These are the words the LORD has commanded to be observed.

2On six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy to you as the sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day shall be put to death.

3You shall not even light a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”

Collection of Materials.

4Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

5^b Receive from among you contributions for the LORD. Everyone, as his heart prompts him, shall bring, as a contribution to the LORD, gold, silver, and bronze;

6violet, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

7rams’ skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood;

8oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

9onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and on the breastpiece.

Call for Artisans.

10^c “Let every artisan among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

11the tabernacle, with its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its bars, its columns, and its pedestals;

12the ark, with its poles, the cover, and the curtain veil;

13the table, with its poles and all its utensils, and the showbread;

14the menorah, with its utensils, the lamps, and the oil for the light;

15the altar of incense, with its poles; the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the entrance curtain for the entrance of the tabernacle;

16the altar for burnt offerings, with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin, with its stand;

17the hangings of the court, with their columns and pedestals; the curtain for the gate of the court;

18the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the court, with their ropes;

19the service cloths for use in the sanctuary; the sacred vestments for Aaron, the priest, and the vestments for his sons in their ministry.”

The Contribution.

20When the whole Israelite community left Moses’ presence,

21all, as their hearts moved them and their spirit prompted, brought a contribution to the LORD for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the sacred vestments.

22Both the men and the women, all as their heart prompted them, brought brooches, earrings, rings, necklaces, and various other gold articles.^d Everyone who could presented an offering of gold to the LORD.

23Everyone who happened to have violet, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen or goat hair, rams’ skins dyed red or tahash skins, brought them.

24Whoever could make a contribution of silver or bronze offered it to the LORD; and everyone who happened to have acacia wood for any part of the work, brought it.

25All the women who were expert spinners brought hand-spun violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen thread.

26All the women, as their hearts and skills moved them, spun goat hair.

27The tribal leaders brought onyx stones and other gems for mounting on the ephod and on the breastpiece;

28as well as spices, and oil for the light, anointing oil, and fragrant incense.

29Every Israelite man and woman brought to the LORD such voluntary offerings as they thought best, for the various kinds of work which the LORD, through Moses, had commanded to be done.

The Artisans.

30Moses said to the Israelites:^e “See, the LORD has singled out Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

31and has filled him with a divine spirit of skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft:

32in the production of embroidery, in making things of gold, silver, or bronze,

33in cutting and mounting precious stones, in carving wood, and in every other craft.

34He has also given both him and Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

35He has endowed them with skill to execute all types of work: engraving, embroidering, the making of variegated cloth of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen thread, weaving, and all other arts and crafts.

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Exodus 36

1“Bezalel, therefore, will set to work with Oholiab and with all the artisans whom the LORD has endowed with skill and understanding in knowing how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, just as the LORD has commanded.”^a

2Moses then called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other artisans whom the LORD had endowed with skill, men whose hearts moved them to come and do the work.

3They received from Moses all the contributions which the Israelites had brought for the work to be done for the sanctuary service. Still, morning after morning the people continued to bring their voluntary offerings to Moses.

4Thereupon all the artisans who were doing the work for the sanctuary came from the work each was doing,

5and told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than is needed to carry out the work which the LORD has commanded us to do.”

6Moses, therefore, ordered a proclamation to be made throughout the camp: “Let neither man nor woman make any more contributions for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped bringing their offerings;

7there was already enough at hand, and more than enough, to complete the work to be done.

The Tent Cloth and Coverings.

8^b The various artisans who were doing the work made the tabernacle with its ten sheets woven of fine linen twined, having cherubim embroidered on them with violet, purple, and scarlet yarn.

9The length of each sheet was twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits; all the sheets were the same size.

10Five of the sheets were joined together, edge to edge; and the other five sheets likewise, edge to edge.

11Loops of violet yarn were made along the edge of the end sheet in the first set, and the same along the edge of the end sheet in the second set.

12Fifty loops were thus put on one inner sheet, and fifty loops on the inner sheet in the other set, with the loops directly opposite each other.

13Then fifty clasps of gold were made, with which the sheets were joined so that the tabernacle formed one whole.

14Sheets of goat hair were also woven as a tent over the tabernacle. Eleven such sheets were made.

15The length of each sheet was thirty cubits and the width four cubits; all eleven sheets were the same size.

16Five of these sheets were joined into one set, and the other six sheets into another set.

17Fifty loops were made along the edge of the end sheet in one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding sheet in the other set.

18Fifty bronze clasps were made with which the tent was joined so that it formed one whole.

19A covering for the tent was made of rams’ skins dyed red and, above that, a covering of tahash skins.

The Framework.

20^c Frames were made for the tabernacle, acacia-wood uprights.

21The length of each frame was ten cubits, and the width one and a half cubits.

22Each frame had two arms, fastening them one to another. In this way all the frames of the tabernacle were made.

23The frames for the tabernacle were made as follows: twenty frames on the south side,

24with forty silver pedestals under the twenty frames, two pedestals under each frame for its two arms;

25twenty frames on the other side of the tabernacle, the north side,

26with their forty silver pedestals, two pedestals under each frame.

27At the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, six frames were made,

28and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle, at its rear.

29These were double at the bottom, and likewise double at the top, to the first ring. That is how both corner frames were made.

30Thus, there were eight frames, with their sixteen silver pedestals, two pedestals under each frame.

31Bars of acacia wood were also made, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

32five for those on the other side, and five for those at the rear, to the west.

33The center bar, at the middle of the frames, was made to reach across from end to end.

34The frames were plated with gold, and gold rings were made on them as holders for the bars, which were also plated with gold.

The Veil.

35^d The veil was made of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, with cherubim embroidered on it.

36Four gold-plated columns of acacia wood, with gold hooks, were made for it, and four silver pedestals were cast for them.

37The curtain for the entrance of the tent was made of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, woven in a variegated manner.

38Its five columns, with their hooks as well as their capitals and bands, were plated with gold; their five pedestals were of bronze.

Renewal of the Tablets.

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Mark 15: 1-20

Jesus Before Pilate.

1^a As soon as morning came,^b the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin, held a council.^* They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

2Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”^* He said to him in reply, “You say so.”

3The chief priests accused him of many things.

4Again Pilate questioned him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of.”

5Jesus gave him no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

The Sentence of Death.^*

6Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested.^c

7A man called Barabbas^* was then in prison along with the rebels who had committed murder in a rebellion.

8The crowd came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he was accustomed.

9Pilate answered, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”

10For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over.

11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead.

12Pilate again said to them in reply, “Then what [do you want] me to do with [the man you call] the king of the Jews?”

13^* They shouted again, “Crucify him.”

14Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify him.”

15^* So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be crucified.

Mockery by the Soldiers.

16^{* d} The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort.

17They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him.

18They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

19and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage.

20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.

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