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Exodus 31

Oholiab and Bezalel

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name ^aBezalel the son of Uri, son of ^bHur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have ^cfilled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6 And behold, I have appointed with him ^dOholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ^eability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 ^fthe tent of meeting, and ^gthe ark of the testimony, and ^hthe mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, 8 ⁱthe table and its utensils, and ^jthe pure lampstand with all its utensils, and ^kthe altar of incense, 9 and ^lthe altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and ^mthe basin and its stand, 10 and ⁿthe finely worked garments, ^{▼

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Or garments for worship} the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, 11 and ^pthe anointing oil and the fragrant ^qincense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”

The Sabbath

12 And the Lord said to Moses, 13 “You 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. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. ^rWhoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 ^sSix days shall work be done, but ^tthe seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. ^uWhoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. 16 Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. 17 ^vIt is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that ^win six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and ^xon the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

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