Exodus 31

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Look — I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, 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 in every kind of work: [a] 4 to think out designs and to be master-builder — to work the gold and the silver and the bronze, and the blue and the purple and the spun scarlet and the fine twisted linen, 5 and the cutting of stones, and the carpenter’s work in wood — to work at every kind of craft. 6 And I myself have appointed him, and Eliab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and into every understanding heart I have put understanding, and they will make everything I have ordered you: [b] 7 the tent of witness, and the ark of the covenant, and the place of atonement that is on it, and the furnishings of the tent, [c] 8 and the altars, and the table and all its tools, and the pure lampstand and all its tools, 9 and the basin and its base, 10 and Aaron’s garments for the service, and the garments of his sons for serving me as priests, 11 and the anointing oil, and the blended incense of the holy place. By everything I have commanded you, they will make it.”

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses: 13 “And you — order the children of Israel: See that you keep my Sabbaths. It is a sign between me and you through your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord who makes you holy. 14 And you are to keep the Sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you. Whoever treats it as common is to be put to death; everyone who does work on it, that person will be destroyed from among his people. 15 Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord. Everyone who does work on the seventh day is to be put to death. 16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbaths — to keep them through their generations. It is a covenant forever. 17 Between me and the children of Israel it is a sign forever; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he stopped, and rested.”

18 And when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two tablets of the witness — tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.