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PART 7 – The Builders
Exodus 31:1-11 Adonai said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Betzalel the son of Uri, son of Chur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the spirit of Elohim, with wisdom and understanding and knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiav, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan…
… And I have given to all able men wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the cover that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent, the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”
Betzalel (בצלאל) = “in the shadow of God”
Uri (אורי) = “My light”
Chur (חור) = “white” [reversed = רוח “spirit”]
Oholiav (אהליאב) = “tent of the Father”
Achisamach (אחיסמך) = “brother of support”
BETZALEL
OHOLIAV
Exodus 38:22-23 Now Bezalel, the son of Uri the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Adonai had commanded Moses. And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan…
Exodus 31:12-17 And Adonai said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep My Sabbaths, for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, Adonai, sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Adonai. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. It is a sign forever between Me and the people of Israel that in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Isaiah 56:6-8 “And the foreigners who join themselves to Adonai, to minister to Him, to love the name of Adonai, and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it and holds fast My covenant – these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” The Lord Adonai, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, “I will gather yet others to them besides those already gathered.”
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Exodus 31:18 And He gave to Moses, when He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
REFERENCES:
Esther 1:6 There were white (חור, chur) cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods …
Daniel 7:9 “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white(חור, chur) as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire.”
Luke 21:1-4 Yeshua looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And He said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
1Corinthians 13:3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Luke 18:10-12 “Two men went up into the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing, prayed to himself thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’”
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to Me, ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and do many mighty works in Your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you workers of Torahless-ness.’”
1Corinthians 13:2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Matthew 7:6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.”
Colossians 2:18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.
2Timothy 3:5 … having the appearance of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people.