Exodus 31

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 31:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 1
  • 31:2 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 1
  • 31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 1
  • 31:4 to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 1
  • 31:5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. 1
  • 31:6 And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: 1
  • 31:7 the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, 1
  • 31:8 and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, 1
  • 31:9 and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, 1
  • 31:10 and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 1
  • 31:11 and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 1
  • 31:15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 1
  • 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Exod 31: 18

    …er, which was such an honour put upon the moral law, as we read of no other such writing. Exod 31: 18. God by some mighty operation, made the law legible in letters, as if it had been written…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Exod 31: 15

    …stones, and carve the timber out for the sanctuary, must forbear to do it on the Sabbath. Exod 31: 15. A temple is a place of God’s worship, but it was a sin to build a temple on the Lord’s-d…

  3. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles cites Exodus 31:1-11

    …that Bezaleel was to be “filled with the Spirit of God” to devise the work of the temple (Exodus 31:1-11). He gives this as a proof that the inspiration of the prophet does not differ from the i…