1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, calling him by name.
3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him wisdom, understanding and knowledge in every kind of craft,
4 to conceive artistic designs and to carry them out in gold, silver and bronze,
5 to cut stones for mounting and to carve wood, to work at every kind of craft.
6 And I myself have given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also put wisdom in the hearts of all the skilled workers, so that they can make everything I have commanded you:
7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony with the mercy seat on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent,
8 the table and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand and all its utensils, the altar of incense,
9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand,
10 the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests,
11 and the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the holy place. They are to make them just as I have commanded you."
12 Then the LORD said to Moses,
13 "Tell the children of Israel, 'You must certainly keep my Sabbaths. This is a sign between me and you for all your generations, so that you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
14 Keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day is to be cut off from among his people.
15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
16 The children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath, celebrating it for all their generations as a lasting covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for all time, because in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased from work and was refreshed.'"
18 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.