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• Bezalel and Oholiab

  Bezalel and Oholiab are two craftsmen in the Book of Exodus who received wisdom and skill through the Spirit of God and made the wilderness tabernacle and its furnishings. Bezalel was of the tribe of Judah, and Oholiab was of the tribe of Dan.

• Uri (son of Hur)

  Uri is a man of the tribe of Judah in the Old Testament, the son of Hur and the father of Bezalel, the craftsman who made the tabernacle and its furnishings.

• Exodus 38

  Exodus 38 records Bezalel's construction of the tabernacle's altar of burnt offering, the bronze laver, and the court, and it includes an inventory tallying the amounts of gold, silver, and bronze used in building the tabernacle.

• Exodus 37

  Exodus 37 records how Bezalel made the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table, the lampstand, and the altar of incense, and how he prepared the holy anointing oil and the pure incense.

• Exodus 31

  Exodus 31 is the final chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. God appoints Bezalel and Oholiab as craftsmen, commands Israel to keep the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant, and then gives Moses the two tablets of the testimony on Mount Sinai.

• Oholiab

  Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, appears in the Book of Exodus. With Bezalel, he was one of the craftsmen who made the tabernacle and its furnishings in the wilderness.

• Exodus 36

  Exodus 36 records how the people's freewill offerings exceeded what was needed, so that Moses ordered them to stop bringing more, and how Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other workers made the Tabernacle's curtains, coverings, boards, bars, veil, and door hanging.

• Exodus 35

  In this chapter Moses restates the Sabbath ordinance and gathers offerings and workers for building the tabernacle. The people bring their offerings willingly, and Bezalel and Oholiab are introduced as the men appointed to carry out the work.

• Altar of Burnt Offering

  The altar of burnt offering stood in the courtyard of the tabernacle and of the Temple in Jerusalem, and burnt offerings and other animal sacrifices were burned on it. Because it was overlaid with bronze, it is also called the "bronze altar."

• Hokmah

  Hokmah is a Hebrew word meaning "wisdom." In the Old Testament it covers a wide range of meanings, from a craftsman's skill to the wisdom of a life lived in the fear of God. It is a central concept of the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes.

• Lampstand

  The lampstand was a furnishing of pure gold that stood in the Holy Place of the tabernacle and the temple. It had a single central shaft with six branches and held seven lamps. In Hebrew it is called the menorah.

• Homer Hulbert

  Homer Hulbert (1863–1949) was an American Methodist missionary and educator. He came to Joseon in 1886 as an English teacher at the Yugyeong Gongwon (Royal English School). He later promoted Hangul, the Korean alphabet, engaged in journalism and writing, and supported the Korean independence movement, notably by assisting the dispatch of secret envoys to The Hague in 1907.

• Ahisamach

  Ahisamach is a man of the tribe of Dan mentioned in the Book of Exodus and the father of Aholiab, a craftsman who took part in making the tabernacle. His name appears only three times in Scripture, each time in passages introducing Aholiab.