• Bezalel and Oholiab

  • 1 Then the Lord said to Moses,
  • 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
  • 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—
  • 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,
  • 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.
  • 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you:
  • 7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—
  • 8 the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense,
  • 9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand—
  • 10 and also the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests,
  • 11 and the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded you.”

  • The Sabbath

  • 12 Then the Lord said to Moses,
  • 13 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
  • 14 “‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people.
  • 15 For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
  • 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant.
  • 17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
  • 18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.