Now the materials were more than enough ¹  for them to do all the work. ² 

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, ¹  and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

By ¹  the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, ²  and he ceased ³  on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Six days ¹  work may be done, ²  but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, ³  holy to the Lord; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

In six days ¹  work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day ²  for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. ³  Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work ¹  they were doing

besides 3,300 ¹  officials who supervised the workers. ² 

These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ¹ 

They worked hard and made the repairs. ¹  They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. ² 

I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ¹  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in ¹  an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?

and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

You must not do any regular work, but ¹  you must present a gift to the Lord.’”

The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.

¹ Some traveled on ²  the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. ³ 

The one who ¹  is slack ²  in his work is a brother ³  to one who destroys. ⁴ 

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God ¹  in skill, ²  in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds ³  of craftsmanship,