Quotes About Craftsmanship

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.

And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.

And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,