< Exodus 31 >

1 The Lord told Moses,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
2 “I have chosen by name Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.
“See, I have called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God giving him ability, creativity, and expertise in all kinds of craftsmanship.
and I fill him [with] the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,
4 He can produce designs in gold, silver, and bronze,
to devise inventions to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
5 he can cut gemstones to place in settings, and he can carve wood. He is a master of every craft.
and in a carving of stone for settings, and in a carving of wood to work in all work.
6 I have also chosen Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to help him. I have also given all the craftsmen the skills needed to make everything that I have ordered you to make:
And I, behold, have given with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given wisdom in the heart of every wise-hearted one, and they have made all that which I have commanded you.
7 the Tent of Meeting, the Ark of the Testimony and its atonement cover, and all the other furniture in the Tent:
The Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of Testimony, and the propitiatory covering which [is] on it, and all the vessels of the tent,
8 the table with its equipment, the pure gold lampstand with all its equipment, the altar of incense,
and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand and all its vessels, and the altar of the incense,
9 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin plus its stand;
and the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base,
10 as well as the woven clothes for both Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests,
and the colored garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for acting as priests in;
11 as well as anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them following all the instructions I have given you.”
and the anointing oil, and the incense of the spices for the holy place; according to all that I have commanded you—they do.”
12 The Lord told Moses,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘It's absolutely essential that you keep my Sabbaths. The Sabbath will be a sign between me and you for generations to come, so that you'll know that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
“And you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Surely you keep My Sabbaths, for it [is] a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, YHWH, am sanctifying you;
14 You shall keep the Sabbath because it is holy to you. Anyone who dishonors it must be killed. Anyone who works on that day must be cut off from their people.
and you have kept the Sabbath, for it [is] holy to you, he who is defiling it is certainly put to death—for any who does work in it—that person has even been cut off from the midst of his people.
15 Six days you can work, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Anyone who does any work on the Sabbath day must be killed.
[For] six days work is done, and in the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of holy rest to YHWH; any who does work in the Sabbath day is certainly put to death,
16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath as an everlasting agreement for generations to come.
and the sons of Israel have observed the Sabbath; to keep the Sabbath throughout their generations [is] a perpetual covenant—
17 It's a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for the Lord made the heavens and the earth in six days, but on the seventh day he stopped and he rested.’”
it [is] a sign between Me and the sons of Israel for all time; for [in] six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He has ceased and is refreshed.”
18 When the Lord finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, stone tablets written on by the finger of God.
And He gives to Moses, when He finishes speaking with him in Mount Sinai, two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

< Exodus 31 >