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# Exodus 31

Exodus 31 is chapter 31 of 40 in the Book of Exodus. Here are all 18 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Beseleel and Ooliab are appointed by the Lord to make the tabernacle, and the things belonging thereto. The observation of the sabbath day is again commanded. And the Lord delivereth to Moses two tables written with the finger of God.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Exodus 31 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah,
3. and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft,
4. in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass,
5. from marble, and precious stones, and various woods.
6. And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you:
7. the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory which is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle,
8. and the table and its vessels, the most pure lampstand with its vessels, and the altars of incense
9. and of holocaust and all their vessels, the washtub with its base,
10. the holy vestments for the ministry of Aaron the priest, and for his sons, so that they may execute their office of sacred rites,
11. the oil of unction, and the incense of aromatics in the Sanctuary. All the things that I have instructed you, they shall make.”
12. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
13. “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: See that you keep my Sabbath. For it is a sign between me and you among your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.
14. Keep my Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever will have polluted it, shall die a death. Whoever will have done any work in it, his soul shall perish from the midst of his people.
15. For six days you shall do work. On the seventh day, it is the Sabbath, a rest sanctified by the Lord. All who will have done work on this day shall die.
16. Let the sons of Israel keep the Sabbath, and let them celebrate it throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant
17. between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work.”
18. And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.

## Exodus 31 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2. Ecce, vocavi ex nomine Beseleel filium Uri filii Hur de tribu Juda,
3. et implevi spiritu Dei, sapientia, et intelligentia et scientia in omni opere,
4. ad excogitandum quidquid fabrefieri potest ex auro, et argento, et ære,
5. marmore, et gemmis, et diversitate lignorum.
6. Dedique ei socium Ooliab filium Achisamech de tribu Dan. Et in corde omnis eruditi posui sapientiam: ut faciant cuncta quæ præcepi tibi,
7. tabernaculum fœderis, et arcam testimonii, et propitiatorium, quod super eam est, et cuncta vasa tabernaculi,
8. mensamque et vasa ejus, candelabrum purissimum cum vasis suis, et altaris thymiamatis,
9. et holocausti, et omnia vasa eorum, labrum cum basi sua,
10. vestes sanctas in ministerio Aaron sacerdoti, et filiis ejus, ut fungantur officio suo in sacris:
11. oleum unctionis, et thymiama aromatum in sanctuario, omnia quæ præcepi tibi, facient.
12. Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
13. Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Videte ut sabbatum meum custodiatis: quia signum est inter me et vos in generationibus vestris: ut sciatis quia ego Dominus, qui sanctifico vos.
14. Custodite sabbatum meum, sanctum est enim vobis: qui polluerit illud, morte morietur; qui fecerit in eo opus, peribit anima illius de medio populi sui.
15. Sex diebus facietis opus: in die septimo sabbatum est, requies sancta Domino; omnis qui fecerit opus in hac die, morietur.
16. Custodiant filii Israël sabbatum, et celebrent illud in generationibus suis. Pactum est sempiternum
17. inter me et filios Israël, signumque perpetuum; sex enim diebus fecit Dominus cælum et terram, et in septimo ab opere cessavit.
18. Deditque Dominus Moysi, completis hujuscemodi sermonibus in monte Sinai, duas tabulas testimonii lapideas, scriptas digito Dei.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2168: The Sabbath Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2171: The Sabbath Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2172: The Sabbath Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 700: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2056: The Ten Commandments ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2058: The Ten Commandments ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).