< Exodus 31 >

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “See, I have called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of 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 fill him [with] the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,
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 to devise inventions to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;
5 and in a carving of stone for settings, and in a carving of wood to work in all work.
In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.
6 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.
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 Tent of Meeting, and the Ark of Testimony, and the propitiatory covering which [is] on it, and all the vessels of the tent,
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, and the pure lampstand and all its vessels, and the altar of the 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 the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base,
And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,
10 and the colored garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for acting as priests in;
And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,
11 and the anointing oil, and the incense of the spices for the holy place; according to all that I have commanded you—they do.”
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 YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
And the Lord said to Moses,
13 “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;
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 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.
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 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,
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 and the sons of Israel have observed the Sabbath; to keep the Sabbath throughout their generations [is] a perpetual covenant—
And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
17 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.”
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 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.
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.

< Exodus 31 >