Exodus 31:4

Modern

…to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

Traditional

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Literal

…to design artistic works, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze,

Latin

…ad excogitandum quidquid fabrefieri potest ex auro, et argento, et ære,

Hebrew

English

…to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

God gave instructions for the tabernacle complex and for those who would serve in it. He also chose and empowered those who would do the work.

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 25:32–35
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
2 Chronicles 2:13–14
So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
Exodus 26:1
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
1 Kings 7:14
He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
Exodus 28:15
You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.