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31:1  The Lord spoke to Moses:
31:2  See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
31:3  and I have filled him with divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft,
31:4  to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,
31:5  in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, in every kind of craft.
31:6  Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:
31:7  the tent of meeting, and the ark of the covenant, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,
31:8  the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
31:9  and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand,
31:10  and the finely worked vestments, the holy vestments for the priest Aaron and the vestments of his sons, for their service as priests,
31:11  and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place. They shall do just as I have commanded you.
31:12  The Lord said to Moses:
31:13  You yourself are to speak to the Israelites: “You shall keep my sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
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 shall be cut off from among the people.
31:15  Six 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.
31:16  Therefore the Israelites shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.
31:17  It 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.”
31:18  When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.