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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 31 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Exodus 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/30.htm" title="Exodus 30">◄</a> Exodus 31 <a href="../exodus/32.htm" title="Exodus 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/exodus/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Oholiab and Bezalel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and the finely worked garments,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or garments for worship">a</a></sup></span> the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”</p> <p class="heading">The Sabbath</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, sanctify you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>garments for worship</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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