Exodus 31

Oholiab and Bezalel

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "See, I have called by name x Bezalel the son of Uri, son of y Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have z filled 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 a Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men b ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 c the tent of meeting, and d the ark of the testimony, and e the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, 8 f the table and its utensils, and g the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and h the altar of incense, 9 and i the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and j the basin and its stand, 10 and k the finely worked garments, 1 the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, 11 and l the anointing oil and the fragrant m incense 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. n Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 o Six days shall work be done, but p the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. n Whoever 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 q It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that r in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and s on 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 t two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with u the finger of God.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 35:30
    Then Moses said to the people of Israel, "See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
    Exodus 36:1
    "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded."
    1 Chronicles 2:20
    Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 17:10
    So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
    Exodus 17:12
    But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
    Exodus 24:14
    And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 35:31
    And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship.
    1 Kings 7:14
    He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 35:34
    And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 28:3
    You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
    Exodus 35:10
    Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded:
    Exodus 35:35
    He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver - by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
    Exodus 36:1
    "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded."
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 36:8 - 38
    And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 37:1 - 5
    Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 37:6 - 9
    And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 37:10 - 16
    He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 37:17 - 24
    He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 37:25 - 28
    He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 38:1 - 7
    He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 38:8
    He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 35:19
    The finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.
    Exodus 39:1
    From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
    Exodus 39:41
    The finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 30:25
    And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
    Exodus 30:31
    And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
    Exodus 37:29
    He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 30:7
    And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it.
    Exodus 30:34
    The Lord said to Moses, "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part).
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 35:2
    Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
    Jeremiah 17:27
    But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'
    Numbers 15:32 - 36
    While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 20:9
    Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 16:23
    He said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord ; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'
    Exodus 20:10
    But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
    Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 31:14
    You 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.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 31:13
    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.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 1:31
    And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
    Hebrews 4:4
    For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.
    Hebrews 4:10
    For whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 24:12
    The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me on the m...
    Exodus 32:15 - 16
    Then Moses turned and went down from the mounta...
    Deuteronomy 4:13
    And he declared to you his covenant, which he c...
    Deuteronomy 5:22
    These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly...
    Deuteronomy 9:10 - 11
    And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone w...
    2 Corinthians 3:3
    And you show that you are a letter from Christ ...
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 8:19
    Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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