1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Behold, 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, to invent in every work, 4 and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, 5 and works in stone, and for artificers’ work in wood, to work at all works. 6 And I have appointed him and Oholiab the [son] of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and to everyone understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things as many as I have appointed thee— 7 the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the covenant, and the propitiatory that is upon it, and the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 and the altars, and the table and all its furniture, 9 and the pure candlestick and all its furniture, and the laver and its base, 10 and Aaron’s robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests, 11 and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they make them. 12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13 Do thou also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my Sabbaths; [for] they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you. 14 And ye shall keep the Sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: every one who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people. 15 Six days thou shalt do works, but the seventh day is the Sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord; everyone who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death. 16 And the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbaths, to observe them throughout their generations. 17 It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested. 18 And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written [upon] with the finger of God.
Exodus · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Exodus 31 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
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Ahisamach
The father of Oholiab, the Danite who helped Bezalel craft the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:34; Exodus 38:23
Bezalel
The craftsman of Judah, son of Uri son of Hur, whom the LORD called by name and filled with the Spirit of God and with skill to design and make the tabernacle and everything in it.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30–31; Exodus 36:1–2
Hur
Son of Caleb and Ephrath, called the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem; he was the father of Uri, whose son was Bezalel, the craftsman of the tabernacle (Exodus…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:2; 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:20
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Oholiab
The craftsman of Dan, son of Ahisamach, whom the LORD appointed as Bezalel's assistant and gifted as an engraver, designer and embroiderer for the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:34; Exodus 36:1
Uri
The son of Hur of the tribe of Judah and the father of Bezalel, the chief craftsman of the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30; Exodus 38:22
Cross references (16)
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- 2 John 3:27; Exodus 36:1; Exodus 35:30; Isaiah 45:3–4; Exodus 33:17
- 3 Exodus 35:31; Isaiah 28:26; 1 Kings 7:14; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; Isaiah 28:6
- 4 2 Chronicles 2:7; 1 Kings 7:14; Exodus 26:1; 2 Chronicles 2:13–14; Exodus 25:32–35
- 5 Exodus 28:9–21
- 6 Exodus 28:3; Exodus 35:34–36:1; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 35:25–26; Luke 10:1
- 7 Exodus 36:8–37:9; Exodus 26:1–37; Exodus 25:10–22; Exodus 27:9–19
- 8 Exodus 37:10–28; Exodus 25:23–40; Exodus 30:1–10
- 9 Exodus 38:1–8; Exodus 40:11; Exodus 30:18–21; Exodus 27:1–8
- 10 Leviticus 8:13; Leviticus 8:7–8; Exodus 28:1–43; Exodus 39:1–43; Numbers 4:5–14
- 11 Exodus 37:29; Exodus 30:23–38
- 13 Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20; Leviticus 19:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Exodus 31:17
- 14 Exodus 35:2–3; Numbers 15:32–36; Exodus 20:8; Isaiah 58:13–14; Ezekiel 20:21
- 15 Genesis 2:2; Leviticus 23:3; Exodus 16:23; Exodus 34:21; Exodus 31:17
- 16 Jeremiah 50:5; Genesis 17:11; Genesis 9:13
- 17 Exodus 31:13; Genesis 1:31; Genesis 2:2–3; Ezekiel 20:12; Hebrews 4:10
- 18 Deuteronomy 4:13; Exodus 32:15–16; Deuteronomy 5:22; Exodus 24:12; 2 Corinthians 3:3
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We read that the law was written with the finger of God, and given through Moses, His holy servant: by which finger of God many understand the Holy Ghost. Wherefore if, by the fingers of God, we are right in understanding these same ministers filled with the Holy Ghost, by reason of this same Spirit which worketh in them, since …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
He also was sent forth when the Tabernacle was in making, and filled with wisdom the wise-hearted men who were with Bezaleel.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"The Spirit of God," it is said "hath made me," and God filled Bezaleel with "the divine Spirit of wisdom and understanding and knowledge." Such names as these are super-eminent and mighty, but they do not transcend His glory.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)