Exodus 31:1

Provision of Skilled People

1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 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:

Exodus 31:1 In-Context

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.