Offerings For The Tabernacle

Exodus 35:1–35
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The instructions pertaining to the construction of the tabernacle and the account of it being carried out (Ex. 35-40) represent 13 chapters out of the total of 40 for the entire book. This is approximately the same amount of space devoted to the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. Therefore, we can conclude that the construction of the tabernacle is of great importance in the book of Exodus. 

The Lord told Moses to share the following information in this chapter with the people of Israel: 

1.     Laws for the Sabbath (vv. 1-3). That they have six days to work but the seventh is for rest and must be dedicated to Him. To work that day means they will be put to death. They were not to even build a cooking fire that day.

2.    Offering for the Sacred Tent (vv. 4-19). He would welcome an offering from anyone who wanted to give something (vv. 5-9) This included any skills or materials to make what He had commanded (vv. 10-19).

3.     Gifts for the Lord (vv. 20-29). As soon as Moses quit speaking the peoples started bringing their gifts (vv. 20-21). Men and women gave all kinds of earrings, necklaces, wool, linens, cloth made from goats hair, dried ram skins, leather and silver, bronze or acacia wood (vv. 22-24). The women who knew how made cloth from the wool linen and goats’ hair (vv. 25-26). The leaders brought jewels to be sown of the clothes of the high priest, spices and incense and oil for the lamps (vv. 27-29).

4.     Skilled Craftsman (30-35). The Lord chose Bezalel (of the tribe of Judah) and Oholiab (from the tribe of Dan) as skilled craftsmen to teach others to create objects of art, including designing, embroidering, and weaving.

Application

I desire to be a joyful, proportionate, and generous contributor to God’s work around the world.