Les Feldick Bible Study

What did God fill Bezalel with the Spirit of God for — spiritual things or workmanship?

God filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God for workmanship—skill, wisdom, understanding, and knowledge in all manner of craftsmanship—not for spiritual things. The context states he was filled to devise curious work in gold, silver, and brass, and God filled the craftsmen with wisdom of heart to work.

Les explains that when Moses said the Lord had called Bezalel, son of Uriah, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah, God filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding, and knowledge—not in spiritual things, but in workmanship. Les emphasizes God is concerned with every facet of daily life, physical and material as well as spiritual. He was filled with knowledge of all manner of workmanship to devise curious work in gold, silver, and brass, and God filled the craftsmen with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work.

Exodus 35:31

And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

Exodus 31:3

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,