Exodus 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

4 in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass,

To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;

5 from marble, and precious stones, and various woods.

In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

6 And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you:

And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;

7 the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory which is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle,

The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,

8 and the table and its vessels, the most pure lampstand with its vessels, and the altars of incense

And the table with its vessels, and the holy light-support with all its vessels, and the altar for the burning of spices,

9 and of holocaust and all their vessels, the washtub with its base,

And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,

10 the holy vestments for the ministry of Aaron the priest, and for his sons, so that they may execute their office of sacred rites,

And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

11 the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics in the Sanctuary. All the things that I have instructed you, they shall make.”

And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

13 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: See that you keep my Sabbath. For it is a sign between me and you among your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

14 Keep my Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever will have polluted it, shall die a death. Whoever will have done any work in it, his soul shall perish from the midst of his people.

So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

15 For six days you shall do work. On the seventh day, it is the Sabbath, a rest sanctified by the Lord. All who will have done work on this day shall die.

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

16 Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

17 between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.”

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

18 And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.

And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.