Exodus 31

Bezalel and Oholiab

31:2–6pp—Ex 35:30–35

31Then the Lord said to Moses, ²“See, I have chosen Bezalel^l son of Uri, the son of Hur,^m of the tribe of Judah, ³and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledgeⁿ and with all kinds of skills^o—⁴to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, ⁵to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. ⁶Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab^p son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan,^q to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers^r to make everything I have commanded you: ⁷the tent of meeting,^s the ark of the covenant law^t with the atonement cover^u on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—⁸the table^v and its articles, the pure gold lampstand^w and all its accessories, the altar of incense,^{x 9}the altar of burnt offering^y and all its utensils, the basin^z with its stand—¹⁰and also the woven garments^a, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests, ¹¹and the anointing oil^b and fragrant incense^c for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded^d you.”

The Sabbath

¹²Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹³“Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths.^e This will be a sign^f between me and you for the generations to come,^g so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.^h

¹⁴“ ‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death;ⁱ those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. ¹⁵For six days work^j is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^k holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. ¹⁶The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath,^l celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷It will be a sign^m between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.ⁿ’ ”^o

¹⁸When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai,^p he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone^q inscribed by the finger of God.^r