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| 1The LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD told Moses, |
| 2“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, | 2"Look, I've called Uri's son Bezalel, grandson of Hur from Judah's tribe |
| 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, | 3and I've filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and all kinds of craftsmanship |
| 4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, | 4to create plans for work in gold, silver, and bronze, |
| 5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. | 5and for cutting stones to set them, for carving wood, and for doing all kinds of craftsmanship. |
| 6And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you: | 6Along with him I'm appointing Ahisamach's son Oholiab from the tribe of Dan, and I've given wisdom to all who are skilled so they can make everything that I've commanded you, |
| 7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, | 7including the Tent of Meeting, the Ark of the Testimony, the Mercy Seat that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent— |
| 8the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, | 8the table and its furnishings, the lamp stand of pure gold, all its furnishings, the altar of incense, |
| 9and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, | 9the altar for burnt offerings, its furnishings, the basin, its base, |
| 10and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, | 10the woven garments, the holy garments of Aaron the priest, the garments of his sons as they serve as priests, |
| 11and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.” | 11the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them in accordance with everything that I commanded you." |
| 12And the LORD said to Moses, | 12The LORD told Moses, |
| 13“You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. | 13"You are to tell the Israelis: 'You are to certainly observe my Sabbaths because it's a sign between me and you from generation to generation, so you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. |
| 14You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. | 14You are to observe the Sabbath, because it's holy for you. Whoever profanes it is certainly to die; indeed, whoever does work on it is to be cut off from among his people. |
| 15Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. | 15Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does work on the Sabbath is certainly to die. |
| 16Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. | 16The Israelis are to keep the Sabbath to make the Sabbath observance a perpetual covenant from generation to generation. |
| 17It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’” | 17It is a sign forever between me and the Israelis, because the LORD made the heavens and the earth in six days, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'" |
| 18And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. | 18When he finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two Tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone written by the finger of God. |
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