Exodus 31 : 1 (NCV)
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Exodus 31 : 2 (NCV)
"See, Ihave chosen Bezalel son of Uri from the tribe of Judah. (Uri was the son of Hur.)
Exodus 31 : 3 (NCV)
I have filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God and have given him the skill, ability, and knowledge to do all kinds of work.
Exodus 31 : 4 (NCV)
He is able to design pieces to be made from gold, silver, and bronze,
Exodus 31 : 5 (NCV)
to cut jewels and put them in metal, to carve wood, and to do all kinds of work.
Exodus 31 : 6 (NCV)
I have also chosen Oholiab son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan to work with Bezalel. I have given skills to all the craftsmen, and they will be able to make all these things I have commanded you:
Exodus 31 : 7 (NCV)
the Meeting Tent, the Ark of the Agreement, the lid that covers the Ark, and everything in the Tent.
Exodus 31 : 8 (NCV)
This includes the table and everything on it, the pure gold lampstand and everything with it, the altar of incense,
Exodus 31 : 9 (NCV)
the altar for burnt offerings and everything used with it, and the bowl and the stand under it.
Exodus 31 : 10 (NCV)
They will make the woven clothes and the holy clothes for Aaron and the clothes for his sons to wear when they serve as priests.
Exodus 31 : 11 (NCV)
They will also make the special olive oil used in appointing people and things to the service of the Lord, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. "These workers will make all these things just as I have commanded you."
Exodus 31 : 12 (NCV)
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Exodus 31 : 13 (NCV)
"Tell the Israelites, 'You must keep the rules about my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, make you holy.
Exodus 31 : 14 (NCV)
"'Make the Sabbath a holy day. If anyone treats the Sabbath like any other day, that person must be put to death; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be cut off from his people.
Exodus 31 : 15 (NCV)
There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the Lord. Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death.
Exodus 31 : 16 (NCV)
The Israelites must remember the Sabbath day as an agreement between them and me that will continue from now on.
Exodus 31 : 17 (NCV)
The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord, made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'"
Exodus 31 : 18 (NCV)
When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement written on them, written by the finger of God.

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