Bezalel and Oholiab (Exodus 35:30–35)
1 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UDB "I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. BSB BSB: “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
3 UDB I have filled him with my Spirit, and I have given him special ability to make things; I have enabled him to know how to do very skilled work. BSB BSB: And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
4 UDB He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze. BSB BSB: to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
5 UDB He can cut jewels and enclose them in tiny gold settings. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work. BSB BSB: to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
6 UDB I have also appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have given special ability to other men also in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made. BSB BSB: Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
7 UDB Those things include the sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent, BSB BSB: the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—
8 UDB the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense, BSB BSB: the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,
9 UDB the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, and the washbasin and its base. BSB BSB: the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand—
10 UDB Also included in these things were all the beautiful, special clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests; BSB BSB: as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
11 UDB the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the holy place. The craftsmen must make all these things exactly as I have told you that they should do." BSB BSB: in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”
The Sign of the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32–36)
12 UDB Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
13 UDB "Tell the Israelite people, 'Obey my instructions regarding the Sabbath days for rest. Those days will remind me and you and your descendants, throughout all future generations, that I, Yahweh, have set you apart to be my people. BSB BSB: “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
14 UDB You must obey my rules about the Sabbath days for rest because you must regard them as special for me. Those who treat these days with disrespect must be killed; this will show that I no longer consider them to belong to my people. BSB BSB: Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
15 UDB You may work for six days each week, but the seventh day of each week is a solemn rest day, dedicated to me, Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on a Sabbath day of rest is to be killed. BSB BSB: For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
16 UDB You Israelite people must respect the Sabbath days of rest, and you and your descendants must observe them throughout all future generations. I will always require this of you. BSB BSB: The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
17 UDB The Sabbath days of rest will remind you Israelite people and me of our covenant because I, Yahweh, created the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped doing that work and rested.'" BSB BSB: It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Moses Receives the Tablets 18 UDB When Yahweh finished talking with Moses on the top of Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone slabs on which he had engraved his commandments with his own fingers. BSB BSB: When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
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