Moses gathered all the children of Israel together to instruct them as they began the work of building the tabernacle. God started with a reminder about their need to keep a day of rest and then He asked the people for an offering. The people went back to their tents and gathered their offerings. They brought what they had, and it was “much more than enough.” The people were so generous Moses had to stop them from bringing any more.<\/p>\n
God reminded His people in Exodus 35 that they must give to Him only out of a “willing heart.” Everything was to be a free-will offering, not one that was drawn out or forced by guilt. God has promised us throughout the Scriptures that if we will give, He will give back to us. But our God loves a cheerful, hilarious giver as He tells us in the New Testament (2 Cor. 9:7). Much more is meant here than just giving money. It also means giving our time, energy, and talents. God is still looking for our willing hearts today.<\/p>\n
Two men, Bezalel and Aholiab, were called by God to give Him their artistic skill and labor. He had already empowered them by His Spirit to do the job He was calling them to do. God has a work for each of us and whatever God directs, He will supply. It is probably not a coincidence that Bezalel was from Judah, the first tribe, and Aholiab was from Dan, the last tribe. God was picking from the beginning and the end, the first and the last, because He was going to use every willing person in this venture of faith.<\/p>\n
“LORD, please use us this day in Your kingdom!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exodus 36 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the\u00a0LORD\u00a0put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the\u00a0LORD\u00a0had commanded.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the\u00a0LORD\u00a0had put wisdom,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it\u00a0withal\u00a0<\/em>. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.\u00a04<\/sup> And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; 5<\/sup>\u00a0And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the\u00a0LORD\u00a0commanded to make.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8<\/sup>\u00a0And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet:\u00a0with\u00a0<\/em>cherubims of cunning work made he them.\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0The length of one curtain\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains\u00a0were\u00a0<\/em>all of one size.\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and\u00a0the other\u00a0<\/em>five curtains he coupled one unto another.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of\u00a0another\u00a0<\/em>curtain, in the coupling of the second.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was\u00a0<\/em>in the coupling of the second: the loops held one\u00a0curtain\u00a0<\/em>to another.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. 14<\/sup>\u00a0And he made curtains\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>goats\u2019\u00a0hair\u00a0<\/em>for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0The length of one curtain\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>thirty cubits, and four cubits\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains\u00a0were\u00a0<\/em>of one size.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17<\/sup>\u00a0And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And he made fifty taches\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And he made a covering for the tent\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>rams\u2019 skins dyed red, and a covering\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>badgers\u2019 skins above\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>. 20<\/sup> And he made boards for the tabernacle\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>shittim wood, standing up.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0The length of a board\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0And for the other side of the tabernacle,\u00a0which is\u00a0<\/em>toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,\u00a026<\/sup>\u00a0And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.\u00a0\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0And there were eight boards; and their sockets\u00a0were\u00a0<\/em>sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.\u00a0 31<\/sup>\u00a0And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.\u00a033<\/sup>\u00a0And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>gold\u00a0to be\u00a0<\/em>places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35<\/sup>\u00a0And he made a vail\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen:\u00a0with<\/em>cherubims made he it of cunning work.\u00a036<\/sup>\u00a0And he made thereunto four pillars\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>shittim\u00a0wood\u00a0<\/em>, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks\u00a0were of\u00a0<\/em>gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37<\/sup>\u00a0And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;\u00a0\u00a038<\/sup>\u00a0And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets\u00a0were of\u00a0<\/em>brass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Moses gathered all the children of Israel together to instruct them as they began the work of building the tabernacle. 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