Lexicon :: Strong's G2041 - ergon

On the seventh[fn] day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested[fn] on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.

You will eat from it by means of painful labor[fn]

all the days of your life.

And he named him Noah,[fn] saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.[fn]

“In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

“When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation? ’

And Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation? ”

They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.”

So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, they cried out, and their cry for help because of the difficult labor ascended to God.

The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labor! ”

“Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”

The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat ​— ​you may do only that.

“Instruct them about the statutes and laws, and teach them the way to live and what they must do.

You are to labor six days and do all your work,

“Do your work for six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the resident alien may be refreshed.

“Also observe the Festival of Harvest[fn] with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering[fn] at the end of the year, when you gather your produce[fn] from the field.

“Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[fn] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.

“You are to make a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen with a design of cherubim worked into it.

“For the entrance to the tent you are to make a screen embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

“Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

“They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered[fn] with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

“Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.

“and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.

“You are to make braided chains[fn] of pure gold cord work for the breastpiece.

“There should be an opening at its top in the center of it. Around the opening, there should be a woven collar with an opening like that of body armor[fn] so that it does not tear.

“You are to weave the tunic from fine linen, make a turban of fine linen, and make an embroidered sash.

“Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

“I have filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft

“to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every craft.

“Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people.

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

And the LORD responded, “Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done[fn] in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the LORD’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.

“For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it.

So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the LORD, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the LORD, through Moses, had commanded to be done.

“to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

“He has filled them with skill[fn] to do all the work of a gem cutter; a designer; an embroiderer[fn] in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen; and a weaver. They can do every kind of craft and design artistic designs.