Friday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. Then the LORD said to Moses, 2Verse 2. “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3Verse 3. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, 4Verse 4. to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, 5Verse 5. to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft. 6Verse 6. Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you: 7Verse 7. the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— 8Verse 8. the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, 9Verse 9. the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand— 10Verse 10. as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests, 11Verse 11. in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”

14Verse 14. When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” 15Verse 15. you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. 16Verse 16. But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ 17Verse 17. He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. 18Verse 18. When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. 19Verse 19. It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes. 20Verse 20. Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.