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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 31
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah.
3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God,
in wisdom, and in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
4 to devise skillful works, to work in gold,
and in silver, and in bronze,
5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and
in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of
workmanship.
6 Behold, I myself 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:
7 the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the
covenant, the mercy seat that is on it, all
the furniture of the Tent,
8 the table and its vessels, the pure lamp
stand with all its vessels, the altar of incense,
9 the altar of burnt offering with all its
vessels, the basin and its base,
10 the finely worked garments—the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, the garments of his sons to minister in the priest’s
office—
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.”
12 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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
mayknow thatI amYahweh who sanctifies
you.
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.
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.
16 Therefore the children of Israel shall
keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath
throughouttheir generations,for a perpetual covenant.
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.’ ”
18 When he finished speaking with him
on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two
tablets of the covenant, stone tablets, written with God’s finger.
Word English Bible
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