會幕的工匠

31 耶和華對摩西說: 「看啊,在猶大支派中我已經親自選出戶珥的孫子、烏利的兒子比撒列, 用我的靈充滿他,使他有聰明智慧,精於各種技能和手藝, 懂得用金、銀和銅製造各式各樣精巧的器具, 又能雕刻和鑲嵌寶石,精通木工和各種手藝。 我委派但支派亞希撒抹的兒子亞何利亞伯做他的助手。至於其他能工巧匠,我已賜給他們智慧,好照我對你的吩咐製造一切器具, 即會幕、約櫃和約櫃上面的施恩座、會幕裡面所有的器具、 桌子和桌上的器具、純金的燈臺和燈臺的一切器具、香壇、 燔祭壇和壇上的一切器具、洗濯盆和盆座, 10 還有精工製作的禮服,即亞倫祭司的聖衣及其眾子供祭司之職時穿的禮服, 11 以及膏油和聖所使用的芬芳的香。他們要照我對你的吩咐去做。」

安息日

12 耶和華對摩西說: 13 「你要吩咐以色列百姓務必守我的安息日,因為這是我與你們之間世世代代的記號,叫你們知道使你們聖潔的是我耶和華。 14 你們要守安息日,以它為聖日。凡不守這誡命的,必被處死。凡在這天工作的,必從民中被剷除。 15 一週要工作六天,第七天是莊嚴的安息日,是耶和華的聖日。凡在安息日做工的,必被處死。 16 因此,以色列人世世代代都要守安息日,作為永久的約, 17 這是我和以色列人之間永久的記號。耶和華用六天的時間創造天地萬物,在第七天停工休息。」 18 耶和華在西奈山對摩西說完這些話以後,就把自己用指頭刻上誡命的兩塊石版交給摩西。

Bezalel and Oholiab

31 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Look! I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and the grandson of Hur. He belongs to the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with my Spirit so that he has special skills. He knows how to make many kinds of things. He can draw pictures of beautiful things that he wants to make. Then he uses gold, silver or bronze to make them. He knows how to cut valuable stones and make them look beautiful. He knows how to cut wood into different shapes. He is very clever at all kinds of work.

I have also chosen Oholiab to help Bezalel. Oholiab is the son of Ahisamach. He belongs to the tribe of Dan. I have also helped all the workers who have special skills. They will be able to make everything that I have commanded you to make. They will make these things:

the Tent of Meeting,

the Covenant Box with its special lid,

the other things that will be in the tabernacle.

Those things include:

the special table with all its tools,

the pure gold lampstand with all its tools,

the altar for incense,

the altar for burnt offerings with all its tools,

the large bowl for water and its base,

10 the beautiful clothes for Aaron the priest,

the clothes for his sons as they serve as priests,

11 the special oil to show that things belong to me,

and the sweet incense for the Holy Place.

The workers must make all these things in the way that I have commanded you.’

The Sabbath day

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 13 ‘Say to the Israelites, “You must keep my Sabbath days as special days. This will help you and your descendants to remember that you belong to me. You will remember that I, the Lord, have chosen you to be my people.

14 The Sabbath day must be special for you, because it is a holy day. If anyone does not make the Sabbath a special day, you must punish him with death. If anyone does any work on a Sabbath day, he can no longer belong to my people. 15 You may work for six days each week, but the seventh day is a day of rest. It is a holy day that is special to me, the Lord. If anyone does any work on a Sabbath day, you must punish him with death. 16 The Israelites must always keep the Sabbath as a special day. They must obey the rules for the Sabbath day. Those rules are part of my covenant with my people that continues for ever. 17 It will always be a sign that I have chosen the Israelites to be my people. You will remember that the Lord made the heavens and the earth in six days. Then, on the seventh day, he stopped working and he rested.” ’

18 The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Sinai mountain. Then he gave Moses the two flat stones with the special commands that God himself had written on them.

31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.