1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft, 4 in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass, 5 from marble, and precious stones, and various woods. 6 And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you: 7 the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory which is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle, 8 and the table and its vessels, the most pure lampstand with its vessels, and the altars of incense 9 and of holocaust and all their vessels, the washtub with its base, 10 the holy vestments for the ministry of Aaron the priest, and for his sons, so that they may execute their office of sacred rites, 11 the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics in the Sanctuary. All the things that I have instructed you, they shall make.” 12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 13 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: See that you keep my Sabbath. For it is a sign between me and you among your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you. 14 Keep my Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever will have polluted it, shall die a death. Whoever will have done any work in it, his soul shall perish from the midst of his people. 15 For six days you shall do work. On the seventh day, it is the Sabbath, a rest sanctified by the Lord. All who will have done work on this day shall die. 16 Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant 17 between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.” 18 And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
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)