Exodus 31
About ExodusWritten by AI
Exodus is the story of rescue. It picks up where Genesis leaves off, with Jacob's family grown into a people now enslaved in Egypt. God hears their cry, calls Moses at a burning bush, breaks Pharaoh's grip through the plagues and the Passover, and leads Israel through the sea to Mount Sinai.
Jewish and Christian tradition credit the book to Moses. Many scholars think it took its final shape later, and the date of the exodus itself is debated, but the story is told as Israel's founding memory.
The second half moves from freedom to covenant: the Ten Commandments, laws for daily life, and detailed plans for the tabernacle, the tent where God would live among His people. Watch for God's name, “I AM WHO I AM”, for the golden calf and God's mercy after it, and for the glory filling the tent at the end.
Before you read Exodus 31Written by AI
God names Bezalel and Oholiab and fills them with His Spirit for skilled craftsmanship, a reminder that artistic work can be a calling from God. He also makes the Sabbath a lasting sign of the covenant. Then Moses receives two stone tablets written by the finger of God.
Bezalel and Oholiab
Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant.
I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you: the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand— as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests, in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”
The Sign of the Sabbath
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Moses Receives the Tablets
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.