| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1The LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 2“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, | 2"See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, |
| 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, | 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, |
| 4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, | 4to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze, |
| 5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. | 5and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in 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: | 6Moreover, I have also given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given ability to all the specially skilled, that they may make everything I have 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, | 7the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid 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 with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, |
| 9and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, | 9the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with 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 for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister 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 sweet incense for the Holy Place. They will make all these things just as I have commanded you." |
| 12And the LORD said to Moses, | 12The LORD said to 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"Tell the Israelites, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that 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. | 14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will 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. | 15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. |
| 16Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. | 16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. |
| 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 between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and 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. | 18He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God. |
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