Exodus 36 - Building the Tent of Meeting

2 Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work. 3 They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. 4 So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work



A. The people bring an offering.

1. (2-3) The offering is asked for.

a. Again, even willing hearts need to be told "now is the time"; Moses let them know, and the people started bringing their offering to the Lord.

2. (4-7) The people bring more than enough.

a. This shows how blessed giving can be when free from human manipulation and tricks; willing hearts will always give enough as the work is blessed by God - indeed, the people were restrained from bringing!

b. Moses shows great integrity by not gathering more than they need; God told him to take an offering for the building of a tabernacle, and when the tabernacle was provided for, the offering was over.