Exodus coverChapter 35
Chapter 35

Preparation of Materials and People for Building

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And Moses assembled all the community of the {Israelites},[note: 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],[note: Literally "holiness"] a {Sabbath of complete rest},[note: 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.