The builders
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📚And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 📚“See, I have called Bezalel by name; he is the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 📚and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of crafts 📖, 4 📚to make artistic designs, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, 5 📚and in cutting of stones, for setting them, and in carving of timber, to work in all kinds of crafts. 6 📚And I, I myself, have given Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan to work with him. “And I have put wisdom in the hearts of all who are wise in heart, so that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 📚the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 📚and the table and its articles, and the pure candlestick with all its articles, and the altar of incense, 9 📚and the altar of burnt offering with all its articles, and the laver and its base, 10 📚and the woven garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons, to serve as priests, 11 📚and the anointing oil, and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They will do everything just as I have commanded you”.The Sabbath
12 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 13 📚“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, “You shall surely observe my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you 📖.
31:13 Ex 20:8; Ezek 20:12, 20. The Sabbath was to be a constant weekly reminder to Israel that God had chosen them and made a covenant with them.⚜
14 📚“Therefore you shall observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death 📖. For whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15 📚Six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
16 📚“Therefore the children of Israel shall observe the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant. 17 📚It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he ceased working, and was refreshed”.
The Golden Calf
18 📚And when he had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him two tablets of testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.