Exodus 31:1-11

Provision of Skilled People

1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah.

3 And I have filled him [with] the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every [kind of] craftsmanship,

4 to devise designs, to work with gold and with silver and with bronze,

5 and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every [kind of] craftsmanship.

6 And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all [the] skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you--

7 the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony and the atonement cover that [is] on it and all the equipment of the tent,

8 and the table and all its equipment, and the pure [gold] lampstand and all its equipment, and the incense altar,

9 and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment, and the basin and its stand,

10 and the garments of woven material, and {the garments of the sanctuary} for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests,

11 and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. According to all that I have commanded you, they will make [it].

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Exodus 31:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 31

In this chapter an account is given of the persons whom God had chosen, and qualified for the work of building the tabernacle, and all things relating to it, and for the direction and oversight thereof, Ex 31:1-6 and an enumeration is made of the several things that were to be wrought, some in one way, some in another, Ex 31:7-11 the law of the sabbath is repeated, and the violation of it made death, Ex 31:12-17 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that at the close of the above orders, two tables of stone, with the law written upon them by the finger of God, were given to Moses, Ex 31:18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 3

[a]. In other words, "specifically chosen"
[b]. Or "understanding," "discernment," "cleverness"
[c]. Literally "the garments of the holiness" or "the holy garments"