Preface: Moses first tells the people about the Sabbath regulations; then he tells them what is needed to build the Tabernacle and sacred furniture. Also, Moses gives a brief description of what needs to be built. The people bring the necessary materials to Moses, and he again references two men who will oversee that work.

The Bible Summary of Exodus 35 (in 140 characters or less): Moses told the Israelites to keep the Sabbath. He called for craftsmen to make the tabernacle. The people gave gifts for the work.

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Exodus. This will be the most extensive examination of Exodus 35, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

Outline of Chapter 35:

Introduction

         vv.     1–3           Moses Gives the Sabbath Regulations

         vv.     4–9           Moses Tells What Offerings Are Necessary for the Tabernacle and Furniture

         vv.    10–19         A Basic Description of the Tabernacle, Its Furniture, and the Priestly Garb

         vv.    20–29         The People Bring the Offerings to Moses

         vv.    30–35         Bezalel and Aholiab Will Be the General Contractors

Chapter Summary

Addendum

Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

         Preface               Quotations

         Introduction         Exodus 35 (a graphic)

         Introduction         The Tabernacle (Exodus 35–40) (a graphic)

         Introduction         Doodle Through the Bible — Exodus 35 (a graphic)

         Introduction         Bible Journaling Exodus 35 (by Tracie Rollins)

         Introduction         Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Exodus 35 (by various commentators)

         Introduction         Brief, but insightful observations of Exodus 35 (various commentators)

         Introduction         Fundamental Questions About Exodus 35

         Introduction         The Prequel of Exodus 35

         Introduction 

         Introduction         The Principals of Exodus 35

         Introduction         The Places of Exodus 35

         Introduction         By the Numbers

         Introduction         Timeline for Exodus 35

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Exodus 35

         Introduction         Outlines of Exodus 35 (Various Commentators)

         Introduction         Mobilizing for Ministry—an Outline of Exodus 35 (a graphic)

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Exodus 35 from the Summarized Bible

         Introduction         The Big Picture (Exodus 24–40)

         Introduction         A Chiasmos of Exodus 24-40 (from Richie Morgan)

         Introduction         Paragraph Divisions of Modern Translation for Exodus 35

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         Introduction         Changes—additions and subtractions (for Exodus 35)

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         v.       2              Exodus 35:2 (ESV) (a graphic)

         v.       2              Should we execute people who do not obey the Sabbath?

         v.       2              Kill Sabbath Day Workers (Exodus 35:2) (a graphic)

         v.       3              Exodus 35:3 Shabbat Shalom (a graphic)

         v.       3              The Sabbath Day (a graphic)

         v.       3              Links Concerning Chiasmos

         v.       6              Purple, mauve, violet, boysenberry, lavender, plum. magenta (a graphic)

         v.       9              The Materials Needed for the Tabernacle and God’s Plan

         v.      10              Exodus 35:10 (NKJV) (a graphic)

         v.      11              Model of the Tabernacle Complex (a photograph of a replica)

         v.      11              The Tabernacle and Its Coverings (a photo of a model)

         v.      11              The Coverings of the Tabernacle (by Dr. James Modish)

         v.      11              Boards and Bars of the Tabernacle (an illustration)

         v.      11              Panel board being locked together (an illustration)

         v.      11              The Pillars and Their Bases for the Courtyard Wall (an illustration)

         v.      12              The Ark and Its Poles (an illustration)

         v.      12              The Mercy Seat on Top of the Ark (a photograph of a model)

         v.      12              The Tabernacle featuring the Veil and the Ark (an illustration)

         v.      13              The Table of Showbread and Its Poles (photo of a model)

         v.      14              The Lampstand in the Tabernacle (an artistic rendering)

         v.      15              The Alar of Incense and Its Poles (picture of a model)

         v.      15              Model of a Tabernacle (photograph)

         v.      16              The Brazen Altar with Its Copper Grating (a picture)

         v.      16              The Brazen Altar, Its Poles and Utensils (a picture)

         v.      16              The Laver and Its Base (an artist’s rendition)

         v.      16              The Courtyard of the Tabernacle (a picture of an a mock up)

         v.      17              The Outer Court of the Tabernacle of Moses (a picture)

         v.      18              Seeing the Tabernacle from above (a graphic)

         v.      19              The Priestly Garments (an Illustration)

         v.      19              The Tabernacle (the finished product) (a graphic)

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         v.      23              Men bringing various skins to Moses (a graphic)

         v.      25              The wise woman spinning (a photo)

         v.      26              Women weaving and spinning (a graphic)

         v.      27              The NET Bible Exodus 36 page (a graphic)

         v.      27              The jewelry brought by the people of Israel (a graphic)

         v.      28              Perfumes, spcies and oil brought in by Israel (a graphic)

         v.      29              Exodus 35:29 (ESV) (a graphic)

         v.      29              Men and women bring raw materials to Moses (a graphic)

         v.      29              Men and women bringing valuables to Moses (a graphic)

         v.      29              The Christian Movement is a Team Effort

         v.      29              All whose hearts were stirred brought their offerings (a graphic)

         v.      31              Exodus 35:31 (a graphic)

         v.      34              Bezalel and Oholiab working on the Ark and its cover (a graphic)

         v.      35              Exodus 35:35 (NKJV—edited) (a graphic)

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         Summary            A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

         Summary            Why Exodus 35 is in the Word of God

         Summary            What We Learn from Exodus 35

         Summary            Jesus Christ in Exodus 35

         Summary            Footnotes for the American English Bible

         Summary            Shmoop Summary of Exodus 35–40

         Summary            Edersheim Summarizes Exodus 35

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         Addendum 

         Addendum          The Tabernacle complex (a graphic)

         Addendum          Josephus’ History of this Time Period

         Addendum          A Complete Translation of Exodus 35

         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Exodus 35

         Addendum          Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Exodus 35

         Addendum          Word Cloud from Exegesis of Exodus 35

Definition of Terms
Angelic Conflict	Before man was created, God had created angels, and some of these angels sinned against God. This conflict, which we cannot see, is a conflict that we are a part of, and our spiritual lives in particular are directly to the Angelic Conflict. See the Angelic Conflict (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Chiasmos	A chiasmos (also spelled chiasmus) is the way that some portions of the Bible are organized. It takes its name from the Greek letter chi (χ). The first section matches with the last, the second with the second-to-the-last, etc. It is called a chiasmos, because the inverted parallelism looks like a chi (actually, half a chi) when one looks at it from its organizational standpoint. When there is a center element, that is what is often emphasized and what is the most important part of the passage. (Chiasmos example) (Thomas B. Clarke) (Brad McCoy) (Biblical Chiasm Exchange)
Divine institutions	A divine institution is an absolute social structure instituted by God for the entire human race—for believers and unbelievers alike. The term divine emphasizes the fact that they have their origin in God. These are social structures that have been built into creation and into the nature of man by God. These are (1) the volitional function of the human soul; (2) work; (3) marriage; (4) family; and (5) human government. These divine institutions provide protection, perpetuation, orderly function, survival and blessing of the human race, and allow for the teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information, see Divine Institutions (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
The Exodus Generation	The Exodus generation is actually two generations of Israelites. Those who walked out of Egypt as adults (aged 20 and older) make up the older generation, whom I refer to as Gen X (ultimately they will be failures and die the sin unto death in the desert-wilderness). The younger generation is the generation of promise. They are either born in the desert-wilderness or they walked out of Egypt as children (aged 20 or younger). These men will walk into the land under the command of Joshua and take it. Often, the Exodus generation is to refer only to that older generation, Gen X.
Logistical Grace	Logistical grace is the divine planning, divine support, divine provision and divine blessing which are designed by God to keep the believer alive so that we can properly execute or fulfill God's plan. Logistical Grace (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
LXX, Septuagint	The Septuagint was the Greek translation made of the Old Testament somewhere between 300–100 b.c. It is often called the LXX, because 70 translators were thought to be employed in this task.
Operation Z	Operation Z refers to the process of receiving aaand retaining Bible doctrine in the human soul. The pastor-teacher teaches the Word of God aaccurately from the pulpit and we hear and consider that information. This is known as tthe staging area of the soul; and doctrine retained here is of no use to us. It is simply iinformation. When we believe what we have heard, then tthe doctrine is transferred to our heart, into our thinking; and I would say that it is then placed into the human spirit. The human soul contains information about oourselves and our surroundings; and the human spirit contains information about ourselves, God, and our relationship with Him. Graphic from Country Bible Church, accessed May 18, 2020. The terminology and original graphic came from R. B. Thieme, Jr.
Rebound (Restoration to fellowship with God)	In the New Testament, rebound is naming your sins to God, so that you are both restored to temporal fellowship with God and are then filled with the Spirit of God. In the Old Testament, naming your sins to God would result in a restoration of fellowship and, in some cases, the empowerment of the Holy Spirit once again (the Holy Spirit was not given to all Old Testament believers). See the Doctrine of Rebound (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
The Revealed God (or, the Revealed Lord)	We do not look within ourselves or do we build up some concept of God based upon our own experiences, but we first understand God as He has revealed Himself. Throughout the lives of the saints who have gone before us, God revealed Himself through the written Word and sometimes through direct contact. Once a foundation is laid, then we can see how God is understood through various experiences in our lives. We do not look within to find God and we do not go out and search for God. He will reveal Himself to us. Those who look to other gods are simply worshiping that which others have defined as God; or, in many cases, they incorporate their own norms and standards into their belief of the God they choose to believe in. Essentially, such a person is making God in his own image.
Royal Family of God	Those in the Church Age who have believed in Christ Jesus are considered to be royal family of God. We are not simply members of the family of God, but of the royal family; which means we are closely associated the Christ’s royalty (because we are in Christ). See the Royal Family Honor Code (McLaughlin; McLaughlin2); Baptism of the Spirit and the Royal Family (Grace Notes); and the Royal Family of God (Joe Wall—p. 74).
Sin unto Death	The phrase "sin unto death" describes the final stage of divine discipline in which God removes from the earth the person who is totally alienated from God. The "sin unto death" is not a particular sin; but it is, rather, a mental attitude of total indifference to and rebellion against the will and purpose of God. For more information, see the Doctrine of the Sin unto Death (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).

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Exodus 35 (a graphic); from Biblia todo; accessed April 19, 2021. I just thought this was kind of a cool graphic.

An Introduction to Exodus 35

I ntroduction: At the end of the previous chapter, Moses was first speaking with God and, afterwards, He spoke with the people. His face would shine after speaking with God and he would need to wear a veil when speaking to the people. The content of his message (or God’s message) was not really the issue.

At this point, we will study the content of what Moses was teaching the people. The rest of this book will be devoted to following the instructions of God and building the Tabernacle and the things necessary for the Tabernacle service (Exodus 35–40).

Exodus 35 may seem to move rather quickly. We have covered all of this material before in Exodus 25:1–8 and 31:1–3. That is where God commanded these things to be done and this is the first step in the fulfillment of these things. The general projects will be named, the materials will be gathered, and the two foremen will be named (again).

All that we have had in the Law so far have been, essentially, the Ten Commandments, the Passover, some of the other feasts and a description of what God wanted built. From this point, much of Exodus will be devoted to actually building the Tabernacle and its furnishing, as required by God. Much of Leviticus, we will cover the ceremonial laws to which Israel was to be subject. These ceremonial laws were every bit as important as the moral laws given by God.

These ceremonial laws were designed to take Israel from its inception as a nation (actually, prior to this time) and take them all the way to the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. All of these laws and ceremonies were to tie the Creator of the Universe to His people and to the provision which He has made for His people.

These ceremonial laws were not designed to survive the birth, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. These laws pointed to the Son of God to come, as well as looked back to God Who created all there is.

The Tabernacle (Exodus 35–40) (a graphic); from Grace Church Gisborne; accessed April 19, 0212.

From this point to the end of the book of Exodus, the Tabernacle materials will be gathered and the Tabernacle will be built.

Doodle Through the Bible — Exodus 35 (a graphic); from Doodle through the Bible; accessed April 19, 2021.

Bible Journaling Exodus 35 (by Tracie Rollins); from Bible Journaling Ministries; accessed April 19, 2021.

Timeline for Exodus 35

Mobilizing for Ministry—an Outline of Exodus 35 (a graphic); from Slide Serve; accessed April 19, 2021.

They apparently take the final 6 verses and place them with the next chapter.

As I have done previously, since this chapters is what God is saying to Moses, I will begin and end the chapter with quotation marks. I will not insert a new set of quotation marks for each new paragraph.

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Moses Gives the Sabbath Regulations

Similar Passages: Exodus 16:29 20:8–11 23:12 31:13–17 34:21 35:2–3 Leviticus 23:3 Deut. 5:13–14

Here is how others have translated this verse:

Ancient texts:                       Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation; George Lamsa’s translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton’s translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible instead of Brenton’s translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton’s (or the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong’s numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles’ Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Exodus.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And so causes to assemble Moses all a congregation of sons of Israel. And so he says unto them, “These [are] the words which commanded Y^ehowah to do them: ‘Six of days will be done work and in the day the seventh, he is to you [all] a holy of Sabbath of rest to Y^ehowah. Each the one doing work will be put to death. You [all] will not kindle a fire in all of your habitations in a day of the Sabbath.’ ”

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Targum (Onkelos)                  AND Mosheli assembled all the congrega-tion of the sons of Israel, and said to them, These are the things which the Lord hath commanded you to do. Six days thou shalt do work, but the seventh day (is) a holy rest, the Sabbath^[1] before the Lord: every one who doeth work thereon shall be put to death. You may not kindle a fire in all your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath. Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

^[1] Shabbatha

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   And Mosheh gathered together all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them: These are the things which the Lord hath commanded to be done. Six days thou shalt do work, and on the seventh day there shall be to you the holy Sabbath of repose before the Lord. Whoever doeth work on the Sabbath day, dying he shall die by the casting of stones. My people of the sons of Israel, ye shall not kindle a fire in any place of your habitations on the day of the Sabbath. [JERUSALEM. Ye shall not kindle a fire in any place of the house of your dwelling on the Sabbath day.]

Jerusalem targum                  .

Updated Douay-Rheims         And all the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together, he said to them: These are the things which the Lord has commanded to be done: Six days you will do work; the seventh day will be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord: he that will do any work on it, will be put to death. You will kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) .

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        Mosha assembled all the congregation of the B'nai Yisrael, and said to them, "These are the words which Mar-Yah has commanded, that you should do them. 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Mar-Yah: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.'"

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     And Moshe gathered all of the Assembly of the children of Israel and he said to them: “These are the words that LORD JEHOVAH commanded to do. Six days you shall do work and the seventh day shall be holy, the Sabbath rest to LORD JEHOVAH; everyone who will do work in it will be killed. You shall not kindle fire in all the house of your dwelling in the day of the Sabbath.

Samaritan Pentateuch           And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These [are] the words which the LORD hath commanded, that [ye] should do them.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, These are the words which the Lord has spoken, for you to do them. Six days shall you perform works, but on the seventh day shall be a rest — a holy Sabbath — a rest unto the Lord: everyone that does work on it, let him die. You shall not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day; I am the Lord.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And Moses sent for all the children of Israel to come together, and said to them, This is what the Lord has said and these are his orders. 

Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death. 

No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.

Easy English                          Rules about the Sabbath day

Moses brought all the Israelites together. Then he said to them, ‘These are the Lord's commands to you. You may work for six days each week, but the seventh day will be a holy day for you. It will be a day of complete rest to give honour to the Lord. If anyone works on that day, you must punish him with death. Do not light a fire in any of your homes on a Sabbath day.’

Israelites

People of 12 tribes who were descendants of Jacob's 12 sons. Or it may mean the people of the 10 tribes in the north kingdom of Israel.

command

(1) To tell a person what they must do. — (2) Rule that says what you must do. There were 10 special commands that God gave to Moses on Sinai mountain. You can read these rules in Exodus 20:1-17 and in Deuteronomy 5:6-21.

holy

(1) Describes God. He is completely different to all other people and things. He is completely good and pure and perfect. He has no sin. — (2) Also describes the people and things that are special because they belong to God. God has made them clean.

honour

If you honour someone, you think that they are very good. And you say that they are very good. You give special praise to them and you respect them.

Sabbath

The Sabbath was the seventh day of the week. It was special to the Jews. It was a day on which the people must rest from work. See Exodus 20:8-11.

Easy-to-Read Version–2006  Moses gathered all the Israelites together and said to them, "I will tell you what the LORD has commanded you to do:

"There are six days for working, but the seventh day will be a very special day of rest for you. You will honor the LORD by resting on that special day. Anyone who works on the seventh day must be killed. On the Sabbath you should not even light a fire in any of the places where you live."

God’s Word™                         .

Good News Bible (TEV)         .

The Message                         Building the Place of Worship

Moses spoke to the entire congregation of Israel, saying, “These are the things that God has commanded you to do:

“Work six days, but the seventh day will be a holy rest day, God’s holy rest day. Anyone who works on this day must be put to death. Don’t light any fires in your homes on the Sabbath day.”

Names of God Bible               Rules about the Day of Worship

Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things Yahweh has commanded you to do: You may work for six days, but the seventh day is a holy day of worship, a day when you don’t work. It is dedicated to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on this day should be put to death. Never light a fire in any of your homes on this day of worship.”

NIRV                                      Rules for the Sabbath Day

Moses gathered the whole community of Israel together. He said to them, “Here are the things the Lord has commanded you to do. You must do your work in six days. But the seventh day will be your holy day. It will be a day of sabbath rest to honor the Lord. You must rest on it. Anyone who does any work on it must be put to death. Do not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

College Press Bible Study     .

Contemporary English V.       Moses called together the people of Israel and told them that the LORD had said: You have six days in which to do your work. But the seventh day must be dedicated to me, your LORD, as a day of rest. Whoever works on the Sabbath will be put to death. Don't even build a cooking fire at home on the Sabbath.

The Living Bible                     Now Moses called a meeting of all the people and told them, “These are the laws of Jehovah you must obey.

“Work six days only; the seventh day is a day of solemn rest, a holy day to be used to worship Jehovah; anyone working on that day must die. Don’t even light the fires in your homes that day.”

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New Life Version                    The Seventh Day—a Holy Day

Then Moses gathered together all the people of Israel, saying, “These are the things that the Lord has told you to do. Work may be done for six days. But the seventh day will be a holy day for you, a Day of Rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on this day will be put to death. Do not make a fire in any of your tents on the Day of Rest.”

New Living Translation           Instructions for the Sabbath

Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told them, “These are the instructions the Lord has commanded you to follow. You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death. You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”

Unlocked Dynamic Bible        .

Unfolding Bible (simplified)    .

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          After that, Moses assembled the entire gathering of the children of IsraEl and said:

‘These are the commandments that Jehovah has told you to obey:

You can work for six days, but the seventh day is for resting. It is a holy Sabbath and a rest for Jehovah. So, anyone that does work on [that day] must die.

You may not so much as light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day; for I am Jehovah.’

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           Moses gathered together the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:

Instructions for the Sabbath

Do your work for six days, but the seventh day should be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest for the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath will be put to death. Don’t start a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.

New Advent (Knox) Bible       And now he called the whole assembly of the Israelites into his presence, and told them, Here are the Lord’s commands. You have six days before you now to work in; when the seventh comes, you must keep it holy, since it is the sabbath, the Lord’s day of rest; no one must do any work that day, on pain of death, you must not even light a fire in any of your dwelling-places on the sabbath day.

Translation for Translators                                           Regulations for the day of rest

Moses/I gathered all the Israeli people together and said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do: Each week you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. It is a sacred day, dedicated to Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on the seventh day must be executed. Do not even light a fire in your homes on days of rest.”

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

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Ferrar-Fenton Bible                Moses Addresses the Parliament of Israel.

Then Moses assembled all the parliament of the children of Israel, and said to them; These are the Commandments which the Ever-living has commanded you to practice:—" You shall do your work for six days, but the Seventh Day shall be a Holy Rest for you. You shall rest to the Ever-living. Every one doing business on it shall die. No man shall labour in all your habitations upon the Day of Rest."

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           And Moses gathered all the company of the children of Israel together, and said unto them: these are the things which the Lord has commanded to do: Six days you shall work, but the seventh day shall be unto you the holy Sabbath of the Lords rest: so that whosoever does any work therein, shall die. Moreover you shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations upon the Sabbath day.

HCSB                                     The Sabbath Command

Moses assembled the entire Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed. Do not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

International Standard V        The Israelis Collect Material for the Tent

Moses assembled the entire congregation of the Israelis and told them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: [Lit. to do them]

For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the Lord. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.

You are not to light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath.”

Jubilee Bible 2000                  .

Lexham English Bible            Preparation of Materials and People for Building

And Moses assembled all the community of the Israelites, [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and he said to them, “These are the words that Yahweh has commanded for us to do them.

On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day , [Literally “holiness”] a Sabbath of complete rest, [Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’ ” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase] for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

You will not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the day of the Sabbath.”

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Bible Literal Text    .

Unlocked Literal Bible            .

Urim-Thummim Version         Moses gathered all the company of the children of Israel together and said to them, These are the Words that YHWH has commanded that you should act on them. Six days will work be done but on the 7th day there will be for you a Holy Day, a Sabbath of rest to YHWH, whoever does work on that day will be put to death. You will kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And Moses gathered all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them:
These are the things, those which yahweh commanded to do: Six days make your work, and on the seventh day you will have a holy sabbath break for Yahweh. All that does work then will be put to death. You will not burn a fire in all your settlements on the sabbath day.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)                              THE HOLY TENT (2nd Part)

Moses assembled the whole community of the people of Israel and said to them, “This is what Yahweh has ordered to be done: Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh is to be a holy day for you, a day of complete rest, consecrated to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day shall be put to death. You must not light a fire on the sabbath day in any of your homes.”

The Heritage Bible                           And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which Jehovah has commanded that you should do them.

Work shall be done six days, but there shall be to you a holy Sabbath on the seventh day, a special Sabbath to Jehovah; whoever does work in it shall be put to death.

You shall not kindle a fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.

New American Bible (2002)             Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded to be done. On six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be sacred to you as the sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day shall be put to death. You shall not even light a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day."

New American Bible(2011)    VIII. THE BUILDING OF THE TABERNACLE AND THE DESCENT OF GOD’S GLORY UPON IT

Sabbath Regulations.

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

On 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.

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

a. [35:1–3] Ex 31:13–17.

New English Bible–1970        Sabbath observance.

MOSES CALLED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY of Israelites together and thus addressed them: These are the LORD's commands to you: On six days you may work, but the seventh you are to keep as a sabbath of sacred rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever works on that day shall be put to death. You are not even to light your fire at home on the sabbath day.

New Jerusalem Bible             .

New RSV                               .

Revised English Bible–1989   MOSES called the whole community of Israelites together: “These”, he said, “are the LORD's commands to you: Work may be done for six days, but the seventh you are to keep as a sabbath of solemn abstinence from work, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death. Wherever you live, you are not even to light your fire on the sabbath day.”

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           Parashah 22: Vayak’hel (He assembled) 35:1–38:20

[In regular years read with Parashah 23, in leap years read separately]

Moshe assembled the whole community of the people of Isra’el and said to them, “These are the things which Adonai has ordered you to do. On six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day for you, a Shabbat of complete rest in honor of Adonai. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. You are not to kindle a fire in any of your homes on Shabbat.”

exeGeses companion Bible   THE SHABBATH OF SHABBATHISM

And Mosheh

congregates all the witness of the sons of Yisra El

and says to them,

These are the words Yah Veh misvahed

- to work them:

Six days work the work,

but the seventh day becomes to you a holy

- a shabbath of shabbathism to Yah Veh:

deathify whoever works any work therein:

kindle no fire throughout your settlements

on the shabbath day.

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Israeli Authorized Version      .

Kaplan Translation                 The Sabbath

Moses assembled the entire Israelite community and said to them, 'These are the words that God has commanded for [you] to do:

'You may do work during the six weekdays, but Saturday must be kept holy as a Sabbath of Sabbaths to God. Whoever does any work on [that day] shall be put to death.

Do not ignite any fire on the Sabbath, no matter where you may live.' The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Exodus through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

These are the words...

See Exodus 31:12-17.

The Scriptures 2009              And Mosheh assembled all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ěl, and said to them, “These are the Words which יהוה has commanded you to do: 

“Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death. 

“Do not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Tree of Life Version                Then Moses assembled all the congregation of Bnei-Yisrael and said to them, “These are the words which Adonai has commanded you to do. Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day is a holy day for you, a Shabbat of complete rest to Adonai. Whoever does any work then will die. Do not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on Yom Shabbat.”

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND MOSES GATHERED ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOGETHER, AND SAID, “THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH JESUS HAS SPOKEN FOR YOU TO DO THEM.

SIX DAYS SHALL YOU PERFORM WORKS, BUT ON THE SEVENTH DAY SHALL BE REST, A HOLY REST, A REST FOR JESUS. EVERY ONE THAT DOES WORK ON IT, LET HIM DIE. †(In the context of our New Covenant time frame, those who will NEVER observe the Seventh DAY Rest will suffer the 2nd Death in the Lake of Fire. We MUST keep the Ten Commandments)

YOU SHALL NOT BURN A FIRE IN ANY OF YOUR DWELLINGS ON THE REST-DAY. I AM JE.” †(This is Moses quoting JESUS. I do not place the words of Moses in RED & SPECIAL FONT, even when he is quoting JESUS. After the people built the golden calf, extra stipulations were added onto The Law & ordinances were added because of their rebellion. Gal. 3:19 "law" should be translated as “ordinances.” The Law already existed but the ordinances, extra stipulations & rules, were added. The Seventh Day & Festivals were never meant to be a burden, but rather a provision & help, as well as to have prophetic symbolism. From Mount Sinai until The Birth of JESUS, burning a fire was prohibited on the Rest Days. Today, we can cook meals on the Rest Days but we should make an effort to prepare as much as possible on the Day of Preparation, the day before. Even JESUS ate on the Seventh Day. We do not have to starve)

Awful Scroll Bible                   Moses was to gather together the assembly of the sons of Isra-el, a gathering together, and was to say: This is to be concern, Sustains To Become is to have laid charge to effect:

Six days yous are to produce of you all's business, and the seventh day, is a set apart sabbath rest to Sustains To Become, he producing of his business in it was to die.

Were yous to kindle a fire in your assembly on the sabbath day?.

Concordant Literal Version    Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them: These are the words which Yahweh instructs you to do them.

Six days shall work be done, yet on the seventh day you shall come to have a holy sabbath of cessation to Yahweh. Everyone doing work on it shall be put to death.

You shall not consume anything with fire in all your dwellings on the sabbath day.

Darby Translation (1889)       .

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Orthodox Jewish Bible           VAYYAKHEL

And Moshe assembled kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and said unto them, These are the Devarim which Hashem hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Sheshet yamim shall work be done, but on the Yom HaShevi’i shall be to you [plural] Kodesh Shabbos Shabbaton to Hashem; whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Ye shall kindle no eish throughout your habitations upon Yom HaShabbos.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. § 39. Moses gives Instructions for the Making of the Sanctuary and the Holy Garments.

Chapter 35.

And Moses called together all the assembly of the sons of Israelˎ and said unto them,—

||These|| are the things which Yahweh hath commandedˎ to do them.

<Six days> shall work be done, but <on the seventh day> shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keepingˎ unto Yahweh,—||whosoever doeth work therein|| shall be put to death. Ye shall not kindle a fireˎ in any of your dwellings,—on the sabbathʹ day.^c

^c Why this reminder of the Sabbath here, but to say that, not even in constructing the sanctuary, were they to work on the Sabbath?

Third Millennium Bible            .

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              Rules About the Sabbath

Moses ·gathered [assembled] all the ·Israelite community [congregation/assembly of the sons/^T children of Israel] together and said to them, “·These are the things [^L This is the word/thing] the Lord has commanded you to do. You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy ·day [Sabbath], a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death. On the Sabbath day you must not ·light [burn] a fire in any of your ·houses [dwellings].”

Kretzmann’s Commentary    Verses 1-19

The Call for Voluntary Offerings

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, in a solemn assembly, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded that ye should do them. It was the formal, impressive statement of God's precept.

Six days shall work be done. These words contain not only a permission, but a command: the people were to be engaged in the labor of their calling during the week, and none to be found needlessly idle. Cf 2Thess. 3:12. But on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whosoever doeth work therein, performs the labor of his station or calling, shall be put to death. The government of Israel being theocratic, under the immediate direction of the Lord, the rulers were charged to execute the Sabbath-breaker.

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath-day. This ordinance made the Sabbath precept, Exodus 20:9-11; Exodus 31:13-17, more severe, and prepared for the work connected with the building of the Tabernacle.

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               Moses had the entire community of Israel gather together so he could address them.

Moses: These are the instructions the Eternal One has commanded you to do: “You are to work for six days; but when the seventh day arrives, you are to observe a day of solemn rest on the Sabbath. You are to regard this day as holy to the Eternal. Anyone who works on this sacred day must be executed. Do not even start a fire in any of your houses on the Sabbath.”

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           Moses called the whole community of the children of Israel to assemble, and he said to them: "These are the things that the Lord commanded to make.

Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have sanctity, a day of complete rest to the Lord; whoever performs work thereon [on this day] shall be put to death.

You shall not kindle fire in any of your dwelling places on the Sabbath day."

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 .

NET Bible®                             Sabbath Regulations

Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.¹ In six days² work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day³ for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord.⁴ Anyone who does work on it will be put to death. You must not kindle a fire⁵ in any of your homes⁶ on the Sabbath day.”⁷

^1tn Heb “to do them”; this is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

^2tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.

^3tn The word is קֹדֶש (qodesh, “holiness”). S. R. Driver suggests that the word was transposed, and the line should read: “a sabbath of entire rest, holy to Jehovah” (Exodus, 379). But the word may simply be taken as a substitution for “holy day.”

^4sn See on this H. Routtenberg, “The Laws of the Sabbath: Biblical Sources,” Dor le Dor 6 (1977): 41-43, 99-101, 153-55, 204-6; G. Robinson, “The Idea of Rest in the Old Testament and the Search for the Basic Character of Sabbath,” ZAW 92 (1980): 32-43.

^5sn Kindling a fire receives special attention here because the people thought that kindling a fire was not work, but only a preparation for some kind of work. The Law makes sure that this too was not done. But see also G. Robinson, “The Prohibition of Strange Fire in Ancient Israel: A Look at the Case of Gathering Wood and Kindling Fire on the Sabbath,” VT 28 (1978): 301-17.

^6tn Heb “dwelling places”; KJV, ASV “habitations.”

^7sn The presence of these three verses in this place has raised all kinds of questions. It may be that after the renewal of the covenant the people needed a reminder to obey God, and obeying the sign of the covenant was the starting point. But there is more to it than this; it is part of the narrative design of the book. It is the artistic design that puts the filling of the Spirit section (31:1-11) prior to the Sabbath laws (31:12-18) before the idolatry section, and then after the renewal there is the Sabbath reminder (35:1-3) before the filling of the Spirit material (35:4-36:7).

New American Bible(2011)    .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

Brenner’s Mechanical Trans....and "Mosheh ^{Plucked out}" rounded up all the company of the sons of "Yisra'el ^{He turns El aside}", and he said to them, these are the words which "YHWH ^{He Is}" directed them to do , six days business will be done, and in the seventh day a special time will exist (for) you, it is a ceasing, a rest day (for) "YHWH ^{He Is}", (any)one doing business in him will be [killed], you will not [ignite] a fire in (any) of your settlings in the day of the ceasing,...

Charles Thompson OT           .

C. Thompson LXX (updated) .

Context Group Version          And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, These are the words which YHWH has commanded, that you (pl) should do them. Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you (pl) a special day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to YHWH: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. You (pl) shall kindle no fire throughout your (pl) habitations on the Sabbath day.

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    .

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version           And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and said to them, These are the words which Jehovah has commanded, that you* should do them.
{Moses speaks to the people from 35:2-40:33 what God spoke to him at Exodus 25:3–31:18}

Six days work will be done, but on the seventh day a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah will be to you*. Whoever does any work in it will be put to death.

You* will kindle no fire throughout your* dwellings upon the Sabbath day.

New American Standard B.    The Sabbath Emphasized

Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do [Lit do them]:

“For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

New European Version          Materials Gathered for Constructing the Tabernacle

Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day’.

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   .

Owen's Translation                .

Restored Holy Bible 6.0         .

Updated Bible Version 2.11   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      .

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young’s Updated LT             And Moses assembles all the company of the sons of Israel, and says unto them, “These are the things which Jehovah has commanded—to do them: Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy day , a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who does work in it is put to death; you [all] do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.”

The gist of this passage:     Moses assembles the people and speaks to them about the Sabbath day.

1-3

Translation: Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel...

Moses has returned from speaking to God on Mount Sinai. This time; the people did not get out of control as they had before (recall that many of them were slaughtered by the Levites and that slaughter certainly made an impression on the remaining Israelites).

Moses is going to repeat the Sabbath Day commandment that he has given them before. However, there were portions of the previous covenant which had not been covered, as Moses had to spend all of his time with them in discipline. What will be covered is the construction of the Tabernacle, which represents Jesus Christ living among us. For them (as well as for us) Jesus Christ is great blessing as He is our redemption and our redeemer.

For the next few chapters (in fact, for all of Exodus that remains), Israel is going to build the Tabernacle and all that which is related to the Tabernacle.

Moses assembled the people. Again, we are not really given any details. I would assume that this description refers to all of the adult men of Israel, which will would have been a massive amount of people. We are not given any specifics beyond that.

At the time that I am writing this (2019), President Trump travels all over the United States giving Trump rallies where anywhere from 10,000 to 60,000 people might gather. This is very well-coordinated with a stadium, with jumbo trons (for the people inside and outside of the event). How Moses accomplished this with 600,000 adult males is never explained. There were times when Moses would teach the elders of the people and then they themselves would apparently teach the people.

Obviously, if Moses ever taught all of the adult male population at the same time, it would have to be miraculous. So far, I have seen clues that some of these gatherings were organized so that Moses spoke to just the elders and they went from there; I have not seen any clues that these assemblies were miraculous.

What we must assume is, God provided the information for every person who was interested. The details of how this was accomplish are not given to us.

Translation: ...and he said to them,...

We do not know if Moses spoke to all of the adult males at once, something which would have required a miracle; or if he spoke to them through their leaders and those leaders then taught the people.

Moses had his training from being raised up in Egypt, to the intent that he would have been king. Moses also had the guidance and power of God. Therefore, Moses was trained to lead a nation.

Translation: ...“These [are] the things which Y^ehowah commanded you to do [lit., to do them]:...

Nearly the last word in this verse is the Qal infinitive construct, 3^rd person masculine plural suffix of ʿâsâh (עָשָֹה) [pronounced ģaw-SAWH], which means to do, to make. It is used to make something out of something else. This would be reasonably translated by These are the things which Y^ehowah has commanded; you are to do the following things:

Moses is going to lay out what God wants the people of Israel to do.

Exodus 35:1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel and he said to them, “These [are] the things which Y^ehowah commanded you to do [lit., to do them]:...

There was a lot of time wasted on discipline in order to get to the great blessing which God had designed for them. How much time have you wasted with your life under great discipline while God is standing by, tapping His foot, waiting for you to stay in fellowship for five minutes and listen to His Word so that He can bless you?

Interestingly enough, Moses does not reiterate what we have just studied in Exodus 34. One commentator suggests that what Moses teaches came from both Mount Sinai sessions. On the surface, that appears to be the case, as he will talk about the Sabbath day (mentioned in both sessions (Exodus 31:14–16 34:21) and in the first session only (Israel’s contributions in Exodus 25:1–9). This also brings up the question, again, who did the editing? Did God edit His Own words (in Exodus 34) or did Moses edit them, not wanting to simply repeat what he wrote earlier? I am suggesting that, all which God said to Moses in his second climb up Mount Sinai, may not be found in Exodus 34.

George Bush: God having now become reconciled to his people, and the covenant (which they had, on their part, annulled by their recent transgression), having been graciously renewed, the delayed work of building the Tabernacle is ordered to go on. This edifice was to be constructed and furnished of materials supplied by the liberality of the people; and they were now gathered together to receive afresh the intimation of the Lord’s will respecting the undertaking.