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The Great Bible 1539
| 31:1 | And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, sayinge: |
| 31:2 | beholde, I haue called by name, Bezaleel the sonne of Ury, the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda. |
| 31:3 | And I haue fylled hym wt sprete of God, in wysdome, & vnderstandynge, in knowledge & in all maner worke, |
| 31:4 | to fynd out sotle feates, & to worke in golde, syluer & brasse: |
| 31:5 | and in the crafte to sett stones, and to carue in timbre, and to worke in all maner workmanshyp. |
| 31:6 | And beholde, I haue geuen hym to be his companion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan, and in the hertes of all that are wyse harted, I haue putt wysdome, to make all that I haue commaunded the, |
| 31:7 | the tabernacle of witnes, the arck of witnes, and the mercy seate that is therupon: and all the ornamentes of the tabernacle, |
| 31:8 | and the table and his ornamentes: and the pure candelstick with all his apparell, and the aulter of incens: |
| 31:9 | and the aulter of burntofferinges and all hys vesselles, and the lauer with his fote. |
| 31:10 | The vestimentes to ministre in, and the holye garmentes for Aaron the preaste, and the garmentes of his sonnes to ministre in, |
| 31:11 | and the anoyntyng oyle: and swete cense for the sanctuary, according to all that I haue commaunded the shall they do. |
| 31:12 | And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying: |
| 31:13 | Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye: In any wise se that ye kepe my Sabbathes: for it is a signe betwene me and you in your generacions, for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctify you. |
| 31:14 | Kepe my Sabbath therfore: for it is holy vnto you. He that defyleth it, shalbe slayne. For whosoeuer worketh therin, the same soule shalbe roted oute from amonge hys people. |
| 31:15 | Syxe dayes shall men worcke. And in the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the holye rest of the Lorde. Whosoeuer doth any worcke in the Sabboth daye, shall dye: |
| 31:16 | wherfore lett the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth, that they obserue it thorowout theyr generacions, that it be an appoyntment for euer. |
| 31:17 | For it is a signe betwene me and the chyldren of Israel for euer. For in syxe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth: and in the seuenth daye he rested, and was refresshed. |
| 31:18 | And when the Lorde had made an ende of comening with Moses vpon the mounte Sinai, he gaue him two tables of witnes: euen tables of stone, wrytten with the fynger of God. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."