The craftsmen for the sanctuary

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, ² “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ³ I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, skill, and ability for every kind of craft: ⁴ for the art of designing and working in gold and silver and bronze; ⁵ for cutting stones to be set, for carving in wood, for every kind of craft. ⁶ Here and now I give him a partner, Oholiab son of Ahisamach, one of the tribe of Dan; and to all the men that have skill I have given more, for them to carry out all that I have commanded you: ⁷ the Tent of Meeting; the ark of State ment and the mercy Seat that is on top of the ark, ⁸ and all the furniture of the Holy Tent; the table and its furnishings; the pure lamp stand and all its accessories; the altar of in cense; ⁹ the altar of burnt offering with all its furnishings; the basin with its stand; ¹⁰ the beautiful priestly vestments, that is, the sacred vestment of Aaron the priest and the vestments of his sons, for the priestly functions; ¹¹ the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. In this they are to do exactly as I have directed you.”

The sabbath rest

¹² Yahweh said to Moses, ¹³ “Speak to the people of Israel and say: ‘You shall keep my sabbaths carefully, because the sabbath is a sign between myself and you from generation to generation to show that it is I, Yahweh, who have made you my own people. ¹⁴ You must keep the sab bath, then; it is to be held sacred by you. Whoever does not keep it, but works on that day, must be put to death. ¹⁵ Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day must be a day of complete rest, consecrated to Yahweh.

Whoever does any work on the sabbath day must be put to death. ¹⁶ The people of Israel are to keep the sabbath, observing it from generation to generation: this is a lasting covenant. ¹⁷ Between myself and the people of Israel the sabbath is a sign forever, since in six days Yah weh made the heavens and earth, but on the seventh day he rested and drew breath.’”

¹⁸ When Yahweh had finished speaking to Moses about all these things, he gave him the two slabs of the Statement, slabs of stone written with the finger of God.