Exodus 31
1 The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, understanding, and knowledge in every kind of work,
4 to devise designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,
5 to cut stones for setting and to carve wood, to do every kind of work.
6 And I have appointed Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be with him. I have put skill in the hearts of all who are skilled, so that they may make everything I have commanded you:
7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the atonement cover over it, and all the furnishings of the tent;
8 the table and its furnishings, the pure lampstand and all its furnishings, and the incense altar;
9 the altar of burnt offering and all its furnishings, and the basin with its stand.”
10 “The service garments, the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons, for serving as priests;
11 the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. They are to make everything as I have commanded you.”
12 The LORD said to Moses:
13 “Speak to the Israelites: ‘Keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
14 Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it—that person must be cut off from among their people.
15 Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
16 The Israelites are to keep the Sabbath, observing it throughout their generations as a lasting covenant.
17 It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites, because in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and caught his breath.’”
18 When he had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, stone tablets written by the finger of God.
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