Exodus 35:30-36:7

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Craftsmen

³⁰ Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³¹ He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill in all kinds of crafts. ³² He has the ability to create designs and to work in gold, silver, and bronze. ³³ He can cut and engrave precious stones for mounting and can carve wood. He works skillfully in all kinds of crafts. ³⁴ The Lord has also put into his heart the ability to teach others—both he and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan. ³⁵ He has filled them with skill to work in all kinds of crafts: designing, embroidering in blue, purple, and scarlet, working with fine linen, and weaving—all kinds of workmanship and designing.”

36 Moses continued,^[a] “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every skilled man, in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, who knows how to carry out all the work for completing everything for the sanctuary, according to everything that the Lord has commanded.”

² So Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skilled man into whose heart the Lord had put the needed wisdom and skill,^[b] that is, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come and join in the work. ³ They received from Moses all the materials which the people of Israel had brought as a special offering for the task of completing everything for the sanctuary, and the people continued to bring voluntary offerings to Moses every morning. ⁴ All the skilled craftsmen who were performing all the work for the sanctuary came from the specific work which they were doing. ⁵ Each of them told Moses, “The people have brought more than enough to complete the work which the Lord commanded.”

⁶ So Moses gave a command that was passed throughout the camp: “No man or woman should provide anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more, ⁷ because the material they had brought was sufficient to complete all the work, with some left over.