1 También el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 2 «Yo he designado a Bezalel hijo de Uri y nieto de Jur, de la tribu de Judá. 3 Lo he llenado con mi Espíritu y le he dado sabiduría, capacidad y habilidad para la construcción del santuario y todo lo que contiene. 4 Está altamente capacitado como diseñador artístico de objetos de oro, de plata y de bronce. 5 También ha sido dotado como joyero y tallador de madera. 6 »Igualmente, he designado a Aholiab hijo de Ajisamac, de la tribu de Dan, para que sea su ayudante. Además, he dado habilidad especial a todos los que son conocidos como expertos, para que puedan hacer todas las cosas que he ordenado, esto es, 7 el santuario, el cofre con el propiciatorio sobre ella, todos los utensilios del templo, 8 la mesa y sus utensilios, el candelabro de oro y sus utensilios, el altar del incienso, 9 el altar del holocausto con sus utensilios, el lavamanos y su base, 10 las hermosas y sagradas vestiduras sacerdotales de Aarón y de sus hijos, 11 el aceite de la unción y el incienso perfumado para el Lugar Santo. Ellos seguirán exactamente las instrucciones que yo te he dado». 12 El Señor le dio estas instrucciones a Moisés: «Dile al pueblo de Israel que observe mi día de descanso, porque el descanso es un recordatorio del pacto que hice con ustedes para siempre. Es para que recuerden que yo soy el Señor que los santifico. 14 Descansarán en ese día, porque es santo. Cualquiera que no obedezca este mandamiento, morirá. Cualquiera que haga alguna clase de trabajo en ese día, será ejecutado. 16 Solamente trabajarán seis días, porque el día séptimo es el día de descanso solemne, santo para el Señor. Esta ley es un pacto perpetuo y una obligación para el pueblo de Israel. 17 Es un símbolo eterno del pacto que he hecho con el pueblo de Israel, porque en seis días yo, el Señor, hice el cielo y la tierra, y el séptimo día descansé». 18 Cuando terminó de hablar con Moisés sobre el monte Sinaí, Dios le entregó dos tablas de piedra con los Diez Mandamientos, escritos con su propio dedo.
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There are no verses 13, 15 in this translation; the other verses keep their usual numbers.
People & places in this chapter
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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 (14)
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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
- 14 Exodus 35:2–3; Numbers 15:32–36; Exodus 20:8; Isaiah 58:13–14; Ezekiel 20:21
- 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)