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Exodus 31:11The Lord spoke to Moses,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 31:22“See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 35:30Exod 36:1John 3:271 Chr 2:19-20Exod 33:12Exod 33:17Exod 37:1Isa 45:3-4Mark 3:16-19
Exodus 31:33and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 35:31Isa 28:261 Kgs 7:141 Cor 12:4-11Isa 28:61 Kgs 3:9
Exodus 31:44to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:142 Chr 2:13-142 Chr 2:7Exod 25:32-35Exod 26:1Exod 28:15
Exodus 31:55and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:9-21
Exodus 31:66Moreover, 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:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:3Exod 35:10Exod 35:34-36:1Acts 13:2Jas 1:16-17Luke 10:11 Kgs 3:12Eccl 4:9-12Exod 35:25-26Exod 37:1-29
Exodus 31:77the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 36:8-37:9Exod 25:10-22Exod 26:1-37Exod 27:9-19
Exodus 31:88the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 37:10-28Exod 25:23-40Exod 30:1-10
Exodus 31:99the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 38:1-8Exod 27:1-8Exod 30:18-21Exod 40:11
Exodus 31:1010the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:1-43Exod 39:1-43Lev 8:13Lev 8:7-8Num 4:5-14
Exodus 31:1111the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the Holy Place. They will make all these things just as I have commanded you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 37:29Exod 30:23-38
Exodus 31:1212The Lord said to Moses,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 31:1313“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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:12Ezek 20:20Lev 19:301 Thess 5:23Exod 20:8-11Exod 31:17Lev 20:8John 17:17Lev 19:3Ezek 37:28
Exodus 31:1414So 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 35:2-3Num 15:32-36Deut 5:12-15Exod 20:8Ezek 20:12-13Ezek 20:16Ezek 20:21Ezek 20:24Ezek 44:24Isa 56:2-6
Exodus 31:1515Six 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:2Exod 16:23Lev 23:3Exod 34:21Exod 31:17Exod 35:2Jer 17:24-27Luke 13:14Luke 23:56Exod 16:26
Exodus 31:1616The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 50:5Gen 17:11Gen 9:13
Exodus 31:1717It 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.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 31:13Gen 1:31Gen 2:2-3Ezek 20:12Heb 4:10Ezek 20:20Heb 4:3-4Jer 32:41Ps 104:31Job 38:7
Exodus 31:1818He 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:13Exod 32:15-16Deut 5:22Exod 24:122 Cor 3:3Exod 8:19Deut 9:9-11Exod 34:1-4Exod 34:28-29Luke 11:20
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