Exodus 35 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Each verse is rendered independently from the Hebrew (Rabbinic reading tradition) and from the Greek (Saints reading tradition). The badge classifies the relationship between the two readings; the note beneath records the source document’s comparison and attributed interpretation. Each column retains its own verse references where numbering differs.
The Sabbath Regulation Reaffirmed
35:1 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:1 Moses assembled the whole congregation of the children of Israel and said to them, “These are the things YHWH has commanded you to do.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:1 Moses assembled the whole congregation of the children of Israel and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has said you must do.”
35:2 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:2 “Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be holy for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to YHWH. Whoever does work on it shall be put to death.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:2 “For six days you shall do work, but on the seventh day there shall be rest, a holy Sabbath, a rest to the Lord. Everyone who does work on it shall die.”
Rabbinic reception: Rashi on 35:2 explains the Sabbath command’s precedence as teaching that sanctuary construction does not override Sabbath rest. [R35]
35:3 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:3 “You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:3 “You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day. I am the Lord.”
G adds the divine self-declaration.
Rabbinic reception: Rashi on 35:3 records differing explanations of why kindling is singled out: a distinct prohibition or the differentiation of prohibited labors. He does not present a single undivided opinion. [R35]
The Call for a Freewill Offering
35:4 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:4 Moses said to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, “This is what YHWH has commanded:”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:4 Moses said to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, “This is what the Lord has appointed:”
35:5 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:5 “Take from among you a contribution to YHWH. Everyone whose heart is willing shall bring YHWH’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:5 “Take from among yourselves an offering for the Lord. Everyone who welcomes it in his heart shall bring the Lord’s firstfruits: gold, silver, and bronze;”
G calls the contribution firstfruits; the context is a voluntary sanctuary offering.
35:6 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:6 “blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, and goats’ hair;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:6 “blue, purple, double-spun scarlet, spun fine linen, and goats’ hair;”
G specifies double-spun scarlet.
35:7 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:7 “rams’ skins dyed red, tachash skins, and acacia wood;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:7 “rams’ skins dyed red, skins dyed blue, and decay-resistant wood;”
The animal denoted by H tachash remains uncertain; G describes a blue covering. Wood terminology follows the distinction established in chapter twenty-five.
35:8 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:8 “oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;”
Greek · Saints priority
H 35:8 alignment — No corresponding entry at this point in G. —
The initial G materials list lacks this entry; anointing oil and incense appear later in its inventory. Do not fill the Greek cell from H.
35:9 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:9 “onyx stones and stones for setting in the ephod and the breastpiece.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:9 “sardius stones and stones for engraving for the shoulder-piece and the full-length robe.”
G names sardius here, and a full-length robe rather than the breastpiece. Gem identifications are provisional traditional renderings.
Earlier navigation: 35:8 → RH 35:9.
Tabernacle Creation
35:10 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:10 “Let every skilled person among you come and make everything YHWH has commanded:”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:10 “Let everyone wise in heart among you come and make everything the Lord has appointed:”
Earlier navigation: 35:9 → RH 35:10.
35:11 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:11 “the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:11 “the tent, its side curtains, its coverings and its stretching cords, its bars and its pillars;”
G has a shorter and differently worded inventory. Its construction terms remain provisional.
Earlier navigation: 35:10 → RH 35:11.
35:12 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:12 “the ark and its poles, the cover, and the screening veil;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:12 “the ark of the testimony and its carrying poles, the propitiatory cover, and the veil;”
G explicitly calls it the ark of the testimony and uses hilastērion for the cover.
Earlier navigation: 35:11 → RH 35:12.
35:13 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:13 “the table and its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:13 “the table and all its utensils;”
G gives the table later and lacks the explicit poles and bread here.
Earlier navigation: 35:15 → RH 35:13.
35:14 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:14 “the lampstand for the light and its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:14 “the lampstand for the light and all its utensils;”
G gives a shorter entry later in the inventory.
Earlier navigation: 35:16 → RH 35:14.
35:15 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:15 “the incense altar and its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the entrance screen at the doorway of the tabernacle;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:12a(ii) “the incense and the anointing oil;”
G does not enumerate the incense altar, its poles, or the entrance screen here.
Earlier navigation: 35:14 → RH 35:12a(ii).
35:16 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:16 “the altar of burnt offering and its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:16 “the altar and all its utensils;”
G omits the detailed fittings and basin in this inventory entry.
Earlier navigation: 35:17 → RH 35:16.
35:17 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:17 “the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:12a(i) “the hangings of the court and its pillars; and the emerald stones;”
The shorter court entry is followed in G by a separate emerald-stone entry. Both are retained here in their Greek sequence.
Earlier navigation: 35:12–13 → RH 35:12a(i).
35:18 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:18 “the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;”
Greek · Saints priority
H 35:18 alignment — No separate peg-and-cord entry in this G inventory. —
G mentions stretching cords earlier, but does not provide this full clause.
35:19 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:19 “the garments for service in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for priestly service.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:19 “the holy robes of Aaron the priest and the robes in which they shall minister; the priestly tunics for Aaron’s sons, the anointing oil, and the compounded incense.”
RH 35:19 groups the priestly clothing and repeated oil-and-incense entries in one verse; Hebrew 35:19 has a shorter clothing entry.
Earlier navigation: 35:18–19 → RH 35:19.
Tabernacle Offering
35:20 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:20 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel departed from Moses’ presence.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:20 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel departed from Moses’ presence.
35:21 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:21 Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought YHWH’s contribution for the work of the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:21 Everyone whose heart prompted him and whose soul was willing brought an offering to the Lord for all the work of the Tent of Testimony, for all its service, and for all the holy robes.
Heart and spirit/soul describe willing participation. The tent titles follow each source.
35:22 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:22 The men came with the women, all whose hearts were willing. They brought brooches, earrings, rings, and ornaments, every kind of gold object; everyone who presented a gold offering to YHWH came.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:22 The men brought from the women, everyone whose heart approved: seals, earrings, rings, chains, bracelets, and every gold object—all who brought gold offerings to the Lord.
H has men with women; G says men brought from the women and lists five kinds of ornaments. Some jewelry terms are uncertain.
35:23 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:23 Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, or tachash skins brought them.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:23 Everyone who had fine linen, skins dyed blue, or rams’ skins dyed red brought them.
G has a shorter materials list.
35:24 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:24 Everyone contributing silver or bronze brought YHWH’s contribution, and everyone who had acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:24 Everyone contributing silver or bronze brought offerings to the Lord, and those who had decay-resistant wood for all the work of preparation brought it.
35:25 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:25 Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:25 Every woman wise in heart spun with her hands and brought spun blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.
35:26 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:26 All the women whose hearts stirred them with skill spun the goats’ hair.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:26 All the women whose hearts stirred them with skill spun the goats’ hair.
35:27 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:27 The leaders brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting in the ephod and the breastpiece,
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:27 The leaders brought the emerald stones and the stones for setting in the shoulder-piece and the oracle-piece,
G uses emerald rather than onyx, and logion, “oracle-piece,” for the breastpiece.
35:28 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:28 and the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:28 and the compounds, the anointing oil, and the compounded incense.
G does not separately mention oil for the light here.
35:29 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:29 Every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring something for all the work YHWH had commanded through Moses—the children of Israel brought it as a freewill offering to YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:29 Every man and woman whose mind inclined them to come and do all the work the Lord had commanded through Moses—the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord.
H emphasizes willingness to bring; G includes willingness to come and work.
Commissioning Bezalel and Oholiab
35:30 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:30 Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, YHWH has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:30 Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, God has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.”
G says God here rather than Lord.
35:31 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:31 “He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and every kind of craftsmanship,”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:31 “He has filled him with the divine Spirit of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of all things,”
RH explicitly has divine Spirit, corresponding to Hebrew Spirit of God. Its knowledge-of-all-things phrase differs in expression from the craft designation in Hebrew.
35:32 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:32 “to devise designs and to work in gold, silver, and bronze,”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:32 “to design in every craft, working gold, silver, and bronze,”
35:33 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:33 “to cut stones for setting and to carve wood, to carry out every kind of skilled work.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:33 “to work stone and shape wood, and to carry out every work of skill.”
35:34 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:34 “He has put it in his heart to teach—both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:34 “He has put it in his mind to teach—both him and Eliab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.”
The name forms Oholiab and Eliab are preserved independently.
35:35 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
35:35 “He has filled them with skill to do every kind of work: engraving, designing, embroidering in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weaving. They are makers of every kind of work and devisers of designs.”
Greek · Saints priority
G 35:35 “He has filled them with wisdom and understanding of mind to comprehend and do all the work of the sanctuary: weaving and embroidering in scarlet and fine linen, carrying out every work of design and embroidery.”
G explicitly mentions sanctuary work and has a shorter textile and craft list; blue and purple are not stated here.
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