Exodus 31 EASY

1. Then the Lord said to Moses,

2. ‘Look! I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and the grandson of Hur. He belongs to the tribe of Judah.

3. I have filled him with my Spirit so that he has special skills. He knows how to make many kinds of things.

4. He can draw pictures of beautiful things that he wants to make. Then he uses gold, silver or bronze to make them.

5. He knows how to cut valuable stones and make them look beautiful. He knows how to cut wood into different shapes. He is very clever at all kinds of work.

6. I have also chosen Oholiab to help Bezalel. Oholiab is the son of Ahisamach. He belongs to the tribe of Dan. I have also helped all the workers who have special skills. They will be able to make everything that I have commanded you to make.

7. They will make these things: the Tent of Meeting, the Covenant Box with its special lid, the other things that will be in the tabernacle.

8. Those things include: the special table with all its tools, the pure gold lampstand with all its tools, the altar for incense,

9. the altar for burnt offerings with all its tools, the large bowl for water and its base,

10. the beautiful clothes for Aaron the priest, the clothes for his sons as they serve as priests,

11. the special oil to show that things belong to me, and the sweet incense for the Holy Place. The workers must make all these things in the way that I have commanded you.’

12. Then the Lord said to Moses,

13. ‘Say to the Israelites, “You must keep my Sabbath days as special days. This will help you and your descendants to remember that you belong to me. You will remember that I, the Lord, have chosen you to be my people.

14. The Sabbath day must be special for you, because it is a holy day. If anyone does not make the Sabbath a special day, you must punish him with death. If anyone does any work on a Sabbath day, he can no longer belong to my people.

15. You may work for six days each week, but the seventh day is a day of rest. It is a holy day that is special to me, the Lord. If anyone does any work on a Sabbath day, you must punish him with death.

16. The Israelites must always keep the Sabbath as a special day. They must obey the rules for the Sabbath day. Those rules are part of my covenant with my people that continues for ever.

17. It will always be a sign that I have chosen the Israelites to be my people. You will remember that the Lord made the heavens and the earth in six days. Then, on the seventh day, he stopped working and he rested.” ’

18. The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Sinai mountain. Then he gave Moses the two flat stones with the special commands that God himself had written on them.