1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Behold, I haue called by name, Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, 3 Whom I haue filled with the Spirit of God, in wisedome, and in vnderstanding and in knowledge and in all workmanship: 4 To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse, 5 Also in the arte to set stones, and to carue in timber, and to worke in all maner of workmaship. 6 And behold, I haue ioyned with him Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted, haue I put wisdome to make all that I haue commanded thee: 7 That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, and the Merciseate that shalbe therevpon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle: 8 Also the Table and the instruments thereof, and the pure Candlesticke with all his instruments, and the Altar of perfume: 9 Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote: 10 Also the garments of the ministration, and ye holy garments for Aaron ye Priest, and the garmets of his sonnes, to minister in the Priestes office, 11 And the anoynting oyle, and sweete perfume for the Sanctuarie: according to all that I haue commanded thee, shall they do. 12 Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 13 Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, and say, Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betweene me and you in your generations, that ye may know that I the Lord do sanctifie you. 14 Ye shall therefore keepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shall die the death: therefore whosoeuer worketh therin, the same person shalbe euen cut off from among his people. 15 Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death. 16 Wherfore the children of Israel shall keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant. 17 It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, and in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested. 18 Thus (when the Lord had made an ende of communing with Moses vpon mount Sinai) he gaue him two Tables of the Testimonie, euen tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 31 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
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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
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)