Thematic Bible

Exodus 31:1

And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 31:2

"See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

Exodus 31:3

And I have filled him [with] the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every [kind of] craftsmanship,

Exodus 31:4

to devise designs, to work with gold and with silver and with bronze,

Exodus 31:5

and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every [kind of] craftsmanship.

Exodus 31:6

And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all [the] skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you--

Exodus 31:7

the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony and the atonement cover that [is] on it and all the equipment of the tent,

Exodus 31:8

and the table and all its equipment, and the pure [gold] lampstand and all its equipment, and the incense altar,

Exodus 31:9

and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment, and the basin and its stand,

Exodus 31:10

and the garments of woven material, and {the garments of the sanctuary} for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests,

Exodus 31:11

and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. According to all that I have commanded you, they will make [it].

Exodus 31:12

And Yahweh spoke to Moses [and] said,

Exodus 31:13

"And you, speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations, [in order] to know that I [am] Yahweh, who consecrates you.

Exodus 31:14

And you must keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; defilers of it will surely be put to death, because anyone who does work on it--that person will be cut off from among his people.

Exodus 31:15

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh {is a Sabbath of complete rest}, {a holy day} for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death.

Exodus 31:16

The {Israelites} will pay attention to the Sabbath [in order] to fulfill the Sabbath throughout their generations [as] a lasting covenant.

Exodus 31:17

It [is] a sign between me and the {Israelites} forever, because [in] six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased and recovered."

Exodus 31:18

And when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with the finger of God.