The Lord said to Moses,
Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.
Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.
Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do:
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;
olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
“Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.”
