(15)May the words of my mouthand the prayer of my heart be acceptable to You,O ETERNAL One, my rock and my redeemer.

(5) Take from among you gifts to GOD; everyone whose heart is so moved shall bring them—gifts for GOD: gold, silver, and copper;

(10) And let all among you who are skilled come and make all that GOD has commanded:

(20) So the whole Israelite community left Moses’ presence. (21) And everyone who excelled in ability and everyone whose spirit was moved came, bringing to GOD an offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting and for all its service and for the sacral vestments. (22) Men and women, all whose hearts moved them, all who would make an elevation offering of gold to GOD, came bringing brooches, earrings, rings, and pendants—gold objects of all kinds.

(3) Aaron said unto them: Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives (ibid., v. 2). Aaron told them to do this difficult thing because (he was aware that) the women would not agree to it. They had seen the miracles and the deeds that the Holy One, blessed be He, had wrought for them in Egypt, and what had transpired at the Red Sea and at Sinai, and so they went to the men and said: God forbid that we should renounce the Holy One, blessed be He, who has performed all these miracles and mighty deeds in our behalf, in order to fashion an idol. The men, however, refused to listen to them: And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears (ibid., v. 3). It does not say “in their wives’ ears” but rather in their ears.

(25) And all the skilled women spun with their own hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in fine linen. (26) And all the women who excelled in that skill spun the goats’ hair.

(29) Thus the Israelites, all the men and women whose hearts moved them to bring anything for the work that GOD, through Moses, had commanded to be done, brought it as a freewill offering to GOD.

(3) They took over from Moses all the gifts that the Israelites had brought, to carry out the tasks connected with the service of the sanctuary. But when these continued to bring freewill offerings to him morning after morning, (4) every single one of the artisans who were engaged in the tasks of the sanctuary came from the task in which they were engaged, (5) and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the tasks entailed in the work that GOD has commanded to be done.” (6) Moses thereupon had this proclamation made throughout the camp: “Not a single man or woman should make further effort toward gifts for the sanctuary!” So the people stopped bringing: (7) their efforts had been more than enough for all the tasks to be done.

Moses then convoked the whole Israelite community and said to them:
These are the things that GOD has commanded you to do:

On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to GOD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

You shall kindle no fire throughout your settlements on the sabbath day.

Take from among you gifts to GOD; everyone whose heart is so moved shall bring them—gifts for GOD: gold, silver, and copper;

blue, purple, and crimson yarns, fine linen, and goats’ hair;

tanned ram skins, dolphin skins, and acacia wood;

oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense;

lapis lazuli and other stones for setting, for the ephod and the breastpiece.

And let all among you who are skilled come and make all that GOD has commanded:

So the whole Israelite community left Moses’ presence.

Men and women, all whose hearts moved them, all who would make an elevation offering of gold to GOD, came bringing brooches, earrings, rings, and pendants—gold objects of all kinds.

And all the skilled women spun with their own hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in fine linen.

And all the women who excelled in that skill spun the goats’ hair.

Thus the Israelites, all the men and women whose hearts moved them to bring anything for the work that GOD, through Moses, had commanded to be done, brought it as a freewill offering to GOD.

They took over from Moses all the gifts that the Israelites had brought, to carry out the tasks connected with the service of the sanctuary. But when these continued to bring freewill offerings to him morning after morning,

every single one of the artisans who were engaged in the tasks of the sanctuary came from the task in which they were engaged,

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the tasks entailed in the work that GOD has commanded to be done.”

Moses thereupon had this proclamation made throughout the camp: “Not a single man or woman should make further effort toward gifts for the sanctuary!” So the people stopped bringing:

their efforts had been more than enough for all the tasks to be done.

In the first month of the second year, on the first of the month, the Tabernacle was set up.

And he set up the enclosure around the Tabernacle and the altar, and put up the screen for the gate of the enclosure.
When Moses had finished the work,

the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of GOD filled the Tabernacle.

Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud had settled upon it and the Presence of GOD filled the Tabernacle.

When the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out, on their various journeys;

but if the cloud did not lift, they would not set out until such time as it did lift.

For over the Tabernacle a cloud of GOD rested by day, while fire would appear in that cloud by night—in the view of all the house of Israel throughout their journeys.