Exodus 31

Bezalel and Oholiab

³¹The 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 a divine spirit,^h with ability, intelligence, and knowledge, and every kind of skill, ⁴to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, ⁵in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every kind of craft. ⁶Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:^{* 7}the tent of meeting, and the ark of the covenant, and the cover that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,^{* 8}the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,^{* 9}and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, ¹⁰and the finely worked vestments, the holy vestments for the priest Aaron and the vestments of his sons, for their service as priests, ¹¹and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place. They shall do just as I have commanded you.”^*

The Sabbath Law

¹²The Lord said to Moses, ¹³“You yourself are to speak to the Israelites, ‘You shall surely keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.^{* 14}You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; everyone who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it shall be cut off from among the people.^{* 15}Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.^{* 16}Therefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant. ¹⁷It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’ ”^*

The Two Tablets of the Covenant

¹⁸When Godⁱ finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.^*