Shemot 31:1

1 1 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

Shemot 31:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 31:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the Lord had given Moses instructions about building a tabernacle, the model of which he had shown him, and what should be the furniture of it, who should minister in it, and what clothes they should wear, he acquaints him that he had provided artificers for this service; which would prevent doubts and objections that might rise up in the mind of Moses, how and by whom all this should be done; since the children of Israel had not been brought up, nor used to any curious work in Egypt, out of which they were but just come:

saying;
as follows:

Shemot 31:1 In-Context

1 1 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

2 See, I have called by shem Bezalel ben Uri, ben Chur, of the tribe of Yehudah;

3 And I have filled him with the Ruach Elohim (see Ac 2:4), in chochmah, and in tevunah, and in da’as, and in kol melachah (all workmanship),

4 To devise machashavot (artistic designs), to work in zahav, and in kesef, and in nechoshet,

5 And in engraving gemstones, to set them, and in wood-carving, to work in kol melachah (all manner of workmanship).