[1] Then the LORD said to Moses, [2] "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri from the tribe of Judah. (Uri was the son of Hur.) [3] I have filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God and have given him the skill, ability, and knowledge to do all kinds of work. [4] He is able to design pieces to be made from gold, silver, and bronze, [5] to cut jewels and put them in metal, to carve wood, and to do all kinds of work. [6] I have also chosen Oholiab son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan to work with Bezalel. I have given skills to all the craftsmen, and they will be able to make all these things I have commanded you: [7] the Meeting Tent, the Ark of the Agreement, the lid that covers the Ark, and everything in the Tent. [8] This includes the table and everything on it, the pure gold lampstand and everything with it, the altar of incense, [9] the altar for burnt offerings and everything used with it, and the bowl and the stand under it. [10] They will make the woven clothes and the holy clothes for Aaron and the clothes for his sons to wear when they serve as priests. [11] They will also make the special olive oil used in appointing people and things to the service of the LORD, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. "These workers will make all these things just as I have commanded you." [12] Then the LORD said to Moses, [13] "Tell the Israelites, 'You must keep the rules about my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, make you holy. [14] "'Make the Sabbath a holy day. If anyone treats the Sabbath like any other day, that person must be put to death; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be cut off from his people. [15] There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the LORD. Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death. [16] The Israelites must remember the Sabbath day as an agreement between them and me that will continue from now on. [17] The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the LORD, made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'" [18] When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets with the Agreement written on them, written by the finger of God.
