Exodus 31

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 See, I have called by name, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah;

“Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,

3 and have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship;

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,

4 to devise skilful designs, to work in gold and in silver, and in bronze;

in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass,

5 and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the carving of wood, —to work in all manner of workmanship,

from marble, and precious stones, and various woods.

6 I myself, therefore, lo! I have given with him Oholiab, son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted, have I put wisdom, —so shall they make all that I have commanded thee—

And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you:

7 the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony; and the propitiatory which is thereupon, and all the utensils of the tent;

the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory which is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle,

8 and the table, and its utensils, and the pure lampstand, and all its utensils, —and the incense altar;

and the table and its vessels, the most pure lampstand with its vessels, and the altars of incense

9 and the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and all its utensils, and the laver, and its stand;

and of holocaust and all their vessels, the washtub with its base,

10 and the cloths of variegated stuff, and the holy garments, for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for ministering as priests;

the holy vestments for the ministry of Aaron the priest, and for his sons, so that they may execute their office of sacred rites,

11 and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place, according to all which I have commanded thee, shall they do.

the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics in the Sanctuary. All the things that I have instructed you, they shall make.”

12 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses saying—

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

13 Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep, for, a sign it is betwixt me and you to your generations, that ye may know that I Yahweh do hallow you.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: See that you keep my Sabbath. For it is a sign between me and you among your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.

14 Therefore shall ye keep the sabbath, for holy, it is unto you, he that profaneth it shall be surely put to death; verily whosoever doeth therein any work that soul shall be cut off from the midst of its people:

Keep my Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever will have polluted it, shall die a death. Whoever will have done any work in it, his soul shall perish from the midst of his people.

15 Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, is a holy sabbath-keeping of rest unto Yahweh, —whosoever doeth work on the sabbath day, shall be, surely put to death.

For six days you shall do work. On the seventh day, it is the Sabbath, a rest sanctified by the Lord. All who will have done work on this day shall die.

16 Therefore shall the sons of Israel keep the sabbath, —by making it a Day of Rest to your generations, as an age-abiding covenant:

Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

17 between me and the sons of Israel, a sign it is unto times age-abiding, —for in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day, he rested, and was refreshed.

between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.”

18 Then gave he unto Moses, as he finished speaking with him in Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, —tables of stone, written with the finger of God,

And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.