Exodus · Chapter 35

[ edit] Therfore alle þe cumpanye of alle þe ſones of Yrael gedered, he ſeid to hem, Þes ben þat þe Lord haþ comaundide to be doon. Six daies ȝe ſhulen doo werk, þe ſeuenþe day ſhal be to ȝow holy, an holi day and þe reſte of þe Lord; who ſo doþ werk in it he ſhal be ſlayn. Ȝe ſhulen not tiende fier in al ȝoure dwellyng place bi þe holi day.

And Moyſes ſeiþ to alle þe companyes of þe ſones of Yrael, Þis is þe word þat þe Lord comaundide, ſeiynge, Seuer ȝe anentis ȝow þe chefe fruytis to þe Lord; eche wilful and of redi inwit offer hem to þe Lord, gold, and ſiluer, and braſſe, iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and bijs, heeris of goote, and þe ſkynnes of weþers maad reed, and iacynctyne, þe trees of Sichym, and oyle to þe liȝtes to be maad, and þat þere be maad an oynement, and þe mooſt ſwete enſence, onychyn ſtonus and gemmes, to þe anowrnnyng of þe coope, and of þe breeſt broche.

Who ſo euere of ȝow is wijs, come he, and mak þat þe Lord haþ comaundide, þat is, þe tabernacle, and þe roof of it, and þe coueryng; rynges, and þe tablid ſides, wiþ þe berynge ſtaues, litil ſtakes, and feet; þe arke, and þe berynge ſtaues; þe propicyatorie, and þe veyle, þat before it is ſprad abrood; þe meetbord wiþ berynge ſtaues, and þe veſſels, and þe looues of propoſicioun; þe candelſtik to ſuſteyne þe liȝtes, þe veſſels of it, and lanternes, and oyle to þe noriſhyng of fyres; þe auter of þe maad enſence, and þe beryng ſtaues; oyle of anoynting, and þe maad enſence of þe ſwete ſmellynge ſpices; þe tente at þe dore of þe tabernacle; þe autere of þe al brent ſacrifice, and þe braſun gredeyrne of it, wiþ þe berynge ſtaues, and his veſſels; þe lauatorie, and þe feet of it; þe cortynes of þe porche, wiþ pilers, and feet; þe tentis in þe ȝatis of þe veſtiarie; þe litil ſtakis of þe tabernacle, and of þe porche, wiþ her cordes; þe cloþes whoſe vſe is in þe ſeruyce of þe ſeyntuarye; þe cloþes of Aaron þe biſhop, and of his ſones, þat þei beren þe office of preeſþod to me.

And al þe multitude of þe ſones of Yrael goon out fro þe ſiȝt of Moyſes, offerde wiþ mooſt redi mynde and deuoute þe chefe þinges to þe Lord, to make þe werk of þe tabernacle of teſtymonye, what þing to þe heriyng and to þe holy cloþes was neſſeſſarye. Men wiþ wymmen ȝeuen hongynge rynges, and eer rynges, and hoond rynges, and beeȝis; al gilden veſſel is ſeuerd into þe ȝiftis of þe Lord. Who ſo euer hadde iacynct, and purpur, and cocco twies died, bijs, and heeris of goote, weþer ſkynnes maad reed, and blew, þe metals of ſiluer, and of braſſe, þei offreden to þe Lord, and þe trees of Sichym into dyuerſe vſis.

But and wymmen ȝyuen þat come þurȝ dower, iacynct, and purpur, and reed ſilk, and bijs, and þe heeris of goote, wilfully alle propre þingis ȝeuynge. Þe princes forſoþe offerden onychyn ſtonus and gemmes, to þe coope and breeſt broche, and ſwete ſmellynge ſpices, and oyle to make þe liȝtes, and to greiþe þe oynement, and to make þe encenſe of mooſt ſwete ſmel. Alle men and wymmen wiþ a deuowt mynde offerden ȝiftis, þat þe werkis ſhulden be maad, þat þe Lord comaundide bi þe hoond of Moyſes; alle þe ſones of Yrael halowiden wilful þinges to þe Lord.

And Moyſes ſeide to þe ſones of Iſrael, Loo! þe Lord haþ clepid Beſeleel bi name, þe ſones of Hury, þe ſone of Hur, of þe lynage of Juda; and he haþ fulfillede hym wiþ þe ſpiryt of God, of wiſdom, and vnderſtondyng, and of kunnyng, wiþ al doctrine, to caſt and to make þe werk, in gold, and ſiluer, and braſſe, and in ſtonus to ben graued, and in carpentarye werk; what þing craftily may be founde, he haþ ȝouun in his herte; and Ooliab, þe ſone of Achymaſech, of þe lynage of Dan; boþe he haþ tauȝte wiþ wiſdom, þat þei maken þe werkis of carpentarye, of browdrye, and of werkyng wiþ needlis, of iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and of bijs, and alle þinges weue þei, and alle newe þingis fynde þei.