1. Moses gathered together the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:
2. 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.
3. Don’t start a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.
4. Moses said to the whole Israelite community, This is what the Lord has commanded:
5. Collect gift offerings for the Lord from all of you. Whoever freely wants to give should bring the Lord’s gift offerings: gold, silver, and copper;
6. blue, purple, and deep red yarns; fine linen; goats’ hair;
7. rams’ skins dyed red; beaded leather; acacia wood;
8. the oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;