Exodus Chapter 31 Back Next{31:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{31:2} "Behold, I have
called by name
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, of the tribe of
Judah:
{31:3} and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
{31:4} to devise skillful works, to work in
gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
{31:5} and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship.
{31:6} I, behold, I have appointed with him
Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the
heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
{31:7} the Tent of Meeting, the
ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
{31:8} the table and its vessels, the pure
lampstand with all its vessels, the
altar of
incense,
{31:9} the altar of
burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and its base,
{31:10} the finely worked garments--the holy garments for
Aaron the priest--the garments of his sons to
minister in the priest's office,
{31:11} the
anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the
holy place: according to all that I have commanded you they shall do."
{31:12} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{31:13} "Speak also to the children of
Israel, saying, 'Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
{31:14} You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to
death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
{31:15} Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
{31:16} Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant.
{31:17} It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made
heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
{31:18} He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.
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