1. THᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴇ al the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together, he
said to them: These are the thinges which our Lord hath commanded to be done.
2. Six dayes you shal do worke: the seuenth day shal be holie vnto you, the sabbath,
and rest of our Lord: he that shal do anie worke in it, shal be slaine.
3. You shal not kindle fire in al your habitations on the sabbath day.
4. And Moyses said to al the assemblie of the children of Israel: This is the word
that our Lord hath commanded, saying:
5. Separate with you first fruites to the Lord. Let euerie one that is willing and hath
a readie hart, offer them to the Lord: gold and siluer, and brasse,
6. hyacinth and purple, and scarlet twise died, and silke, the haire of goates,
7. and rammes skinnes died redde, and ianthin skinnes, the wood setim,
8. and oile to maintaine lightes, and to make ointment, and most sweete incense,
9. Onyx stones, and pretious stones, for the adorning of the Ephod and the Rationale.
10. Whosoeuer of you is wise, let him come, and make that which our Lord hath commanded:
11. to wit, the Tabernacle, and the roofe therof, and the couer, the ringes, and the
bordeworke with the barres, the pinnes and the feete:
12. the Arke and the staues, the propitiatorie, and the veile, that is drawen before it:
13. the Table with the barres and the vessel, and the loaues of proposition:
14. the Candlesticke to beare vp the lightes, the vessel therof and the lampes, and the
oile to the nourishing of fires:
15. the Altar of incense, and the barres, and the oile of vnction and the incense of
spices: the Hanging at the doore of the tabernacle:
16. the Altar of holocauste, and his grate of brasse, with the barres and vessel therof:
the Lauer and his feete:
17. the Curtines of the court with the pillers and the feete, the hanging in the doores of
the entrie,
18. the pinnes of the tabernacle and of the court with their litle cordes:
19. the Vestimentes, that are to be vsed in the ministerie of the sanctuarie, the vesture
of Aaron the high Priest, and of his sonnes, to do the function of Priesthood vnto me.
20. And al the multitude of the children of Israel going forth from the sight of Moyses,
21. offered first fruites to our Lord with a most prompt and deuoute minde, to make the
worke of the tabernacle of the testimonie. Whatsoeuer was necessarie to the seruice therof and to
the holie vestiments,
22. both men and wemen did giue, tablettes and earlettes, ringes and bracelettes: euerie
vessel of gold was separated for the donaries of our Lord.
23. If anie man had hyacinth, and purple, and scarlet twise died redde, and ianthin skinnes,
24. metal of siluer and brasse, they offered to our Lord, and the wood setim for diuers
vses.
25. But the skilful wemen also gaue such thinges as they had sponne, hyacinth, purple, and
scarlet, and silke,
26. and goates haire, geuing al of their owne accord.
27. But the princes offered onyx stones, and pretious stones, for the Ephod and the
Rationale,
28. and spices and oile to maintaine the lightes, and for the preparing of ointment, and
to make the incense of most sweete sauour.
29. Al men and wemen with deuoute mind offered donaries, that the workes might be made which
our Lord had comanded by the hand of Moyses. Al the children of Israel did dedicate voluntarie
thinges to our Lord.
30. And Moyses said to the children of Israel: Behold, our Lord hath called by name
Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda.
31. And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with, wisdome and intelligence, and
science and al learning
32. to deuise and to make worke in gold and siluer, and brasse,
33. and in grauing stones, and in carpenters worke. Whatsoeuer can be deuised artificially,
34. he hath giuen in his hart: Ooliab also the sonne of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan:
35. both hath he instructed with wisedome, to make the workes of a carpenter, a tapester,
an embroderer of hyacinth and purple, and scarlet twise died, and silke, and to weaue al thinges,
and to inuent al new things.