according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount."
And after giving these and other instructions about the tabernacle and its service that need not be mentioned here, from the thirty-first chapter of Exodus we learn that: "The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamack of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted have I put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee."
Now the magnificent temple that was afterwards built by Solomon was patterned after the tabernacle. In the second chapter of the second book of Chronicles we are told that Solomon sent
