Exodus 31:4
and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet,
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
In Context
5and works in stone, and for artificers’ work in wood, to work at all works.
Cross References
Exodus 26:1And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.
1 Kings 7:14And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.
2 Chronicles 2:13(his mother was of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him to do with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 31:2-12
Appointment of Bezaleel and Aholiab. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 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, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I… Read the whole commentary →