Exodus 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Urias the son of Or, of the tribe of Juda.

I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 And I have filled him [with] a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work,

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

4 and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet,

To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;

5 and works in stone, and for artificers' work in wood, to work at all works.

In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

6 And I have appointed him and Eliab the [son] of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan, and to every one understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things as many as I have appointed you, —

And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;

7 the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the covenant, and the propitiatory that is upon it, and the furniture of the tabernacle,

The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,

8 and the altars, and the table and all its furniture,

And the table with its vessels, and the holy light-support with all its vessels, and the altar for the burning of spices,

9 and the pure candlestick and all its furniture, and the laver and its base,

And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,

10 and Aaron's robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests,

And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

11 and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded you shall they make them.

And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

13 Do you also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my sabbaths; [for] they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

14 And you shall keep the sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: every one who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people.

So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

15 Six days you shall do works, but the seventh day is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord; every one who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death.

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

16 And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbaths, to observe them throughout their generations.

And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

17 It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

18 And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in mount Sina the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written [upon] with the finger of God.

And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.