Exodus 31

¹The Lord said to Moses ,

²See , I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri , son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah ,

³and I have filled him with the Spirit of God , with ability and intelligence , with knowledge and all craftsmanship ,

⁴to devise artistic designs , to work in gold , silver , and bronze ,

⁵in cutting stones for setting , and in carving wood , to work in every craft .

⁶And behold , I have appointed with him Oholiab , the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . And I have given to all able ability , that they may make all that I have commanded you:

⁷the tent of meeting , and the ark of the testimony , and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent ,

⁸the table and its utensils , and the pure lampstand with all its utensils , and the altar of incense ,

⁹and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils , and the basin and its stand ,

¹⁰and the finely worked garments , the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons , for their service as priests ,

¹¹and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place . According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do .

¹²And the Lord said to Moses ,

¹³You are to speak to the people of Israel and say , Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths , for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations , that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.

¹⁴You shall keep the Sabbath , because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death . Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people .

¹⁵Six days shall work be done , but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest , holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death .

¹⁶Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath , observing the Sabbath throughout their generations , as a covenant forever .

¹⁷It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth , and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed .

¹⁸And he gave to Moses , when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai , the two tablets of the testimony , tablets of stone , written with the finger of God .