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And they came—every man whose heart lifted him and every man whose spirit impelled him—they brought Yahweh's contribution for the work of the tent of assembly and for all its service and for the holy garments.

And they came, the men in addition to the women, all who were willing of heart; they brought brooches and jewelry rings and signet rings and ornaments—every variety of gold object—every man who waved a wave offering of gold for Yahweh,

And every woman who was skilled of heart with her hands they spun, and they brought yarn—the blue and the purple, the crimson and the fine linen.

He has filled them with skill of heart to do every work of a craftsman and a designer and an embroiderer with the blue and with the purple, with the crimson yarns and with the fine linen and a weaver; they are doers of every kind of craftsmanship and devisers of designs.

And Bezalel and Oholiab and everyone who is skilled of heart in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and skill to know and to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary—they will do it, according to all that Yahweh has commanded."

And they took from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the work of the service for the sanctuary in order to do it, and they still brought to him voluntary offerings every morning.

And all the skilled workers who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came, each from his work that they were doing.

And they said to Moses, saying, "The people are bringing more than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded to be done."

And Moses commanded, and they proclaimed the message in the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman again make anything for the sanctuary contribution." And so the people were restrained from bringing.

And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners.

And from the blue and the purple and the crimson yarns they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

And they made onyx stones mounted in gold filigree settings, engraved with seal engravings according to the names of the Israelites.

It was squared; they made the breast piece doubled; its length was a span, and its width was a span when doubled.

And they filled it with four rows of stone; a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald was the first row;

and the fourth row was a turquoise, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set with gold filigree settings in their mountings.

And the stones were according to the names of the Israelites; they were twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name for the twelve tribes.

And they made on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord.

And they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece.

And they put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece.

And they put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.