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Exodus Chapter
Thirty-five
New King James Version
(NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO
EXODUS 35
This chapter begins with a
renewal of the command of the sabbath, Exodus 35:1 and
contains an order for a freewill offering to be brought for the service of the
sanctuary, and specifies the things to be brought, and for what uses, Exodus 35:4 to
which there was a ready compliance, and men and women, princes and the common
people, everyone according to what they had in possession, brought and offered
it freely, Exodus 35:20 and
for their encouragement, that their offering would not be in vain, they were
informed there were two persons divinely inspired, to do, and teach to be done,
all manner of work for the tabernacle, towards which they had made such a
liberal and plentiful contribution, Exodus 35:30.
Exodus 35:1 Then Moses
gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to
them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you
to do:
YLT 1And Moses assembleth all the company of the
sons of Israel, and saith unto them, `These [are] the things which Jehovah hath
commanded -- to do them:
And Moses
gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together,.... According
to Jarchi, on the morrow after the day of atonement; that is, the next day
after his descent from the mount, being desirous of setting about the building
of the tabernacle, and making all things appertaining to it as soon as
possible; which had been retarded through the sin of the golden calf, and
making reconciliation for that:
and said unto
them, these are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them; namely, the
law of the sabbath, as it had a peculiar relation to the making of the
tabernacle, and the freewill offerings to be made on that account; for as for
the commands, or other ordinances, whether ceremonial or judicial, the people
had been made acquainted with them before.
Exodus 35:2 2 Work shall be done for six
days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the
Lord. Whoever does
any work on it shall be put to death.
YLT 2Six days is work done, and on the seventh day
there is to you a holy [day], a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work
in it is put to death;
Six days shall
work be done,.... Or "may be done"F21תעשה
"fiat", Piscator. ; everyone might do what work he pleased, or the
business of his calling, on the six days of the weeks; he had liberty granted
him of God, and might make use of it for the advantage of himself and his
family; unless this can be thought to have a peculiar respect, as this
repetition and renewal of this law seems to have, to the building of the
tabernacle; and so is an order for working at it closely and constantly all the
six days of the week, and in things belonging to it, until the whole was
finished:
but on the
seventh day there shall be to you an holy day; or "holiness"F23קדש "sanctitas", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus,
Drusius. ; wholly holy, and be separated and devoted to holy service and
religious duties, abstaining from all manner of work, even from the work of the
tabernacle; for though that was designed for the worship of God, and required
dispatch, yet the sabbath was not to be violated on account of it: and, as
Jarchi observes, this admonition concerning the sabbath was given previous to
the command of building the tabernacle; to show that that did not drive away the
sabbath, or that the sabbath was not to give way to it, or to be broken for the
sake of it, it being
a sabbath of
rest to the Lord; in which the Israelites were to rest from bodily labour, and
spend the day in the service of God, and to his honour and glory:
whosoever doeth
work therein: even though it might be in anything belonging to the tabernacle:
shall be put to
death; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by casting stones, stoning being
the punishment of sabbath breakers, Numbers 15:35.
Exodus 35:3 3 You shall kindle no fire
throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
YLT 3ye do not burn a fire in any of your
dwellings on the sabbath-day.'
Ye shall kindle
no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. This law seems
to be a temporary one, and not to be continued, nor is it said to be throughout
their generations as elsewhere, where the law of the sabbath is given or
repeated; it is to be restrained to the building of the tabernacle, and while
that was about, to which it is prefaced; and it is designed to prevent all
public or private working on the sabbath day, in anything belonging to that;
having no fire to heat their tools or melt their metal, or do any thing for
which that was necessary; for it can hardly be thought that this is to be taken
in the strictest sense, as an entire prohibition of kindling a fire and the use
of it on that day, which is so absolutely useful, and needful in various cases,
and where acts of mercy and necessity require it; as in cold seasons of the
year, for the warming and comforting of persons who otherwise would be unfit
for religious exercises, and on the account of infants and aged persons, who
could not subsist without it; and in cases of sickness, and various disorders
which necessarily require it; and even for the preparation of food, which must
be had on that day as on others, the sabbath being not a fast, but rather a
festival, as it is with the Jews; and yet this law is interpreted by them in
the most rigorous sense: they put kindling a fire among the principal works
forbidden on that dayF24Misn. Sabbat, c. 7. sect. 2. , and that not
only to bake bread and boil flesh, as Aben Ezra interprets it here, but to warm
themselves with; nay, they think it unlawful to touch an hearth, or a coal of
fire, or a firebrand, or anything that may give them any warmth in a cold
season; and if, for the sake of infants or aged persons, there is need of a
fire or heating a stove, they hire a Christian to do it, or so prepare and
order matters the day before that it kindle of itselfF25Buxtorf.
Synagog. Jud. c. 16. p. 361. ; and so Leo ModenaF26History of the
Rites, &c. of the Jews, par. 3. c. 1. sect. 3. says,"they do not
meddle with any fire, nor touch any wood that is on fire, nor kindle any, nor
put it out; nor do they so much as light a candle on the sabbath day: and if
the place be cold where they dwell, except they have any stoves, or hot houses,
or else have some one that is no Jew to kindle a fire for them; or had so
ordered the matter before hand that the fire should kindle of itself at such a
time; they must even be content to sit in the cold all that day:'but here they
nicely distinguish and observe, that it is said:
throughout your
habitations; their private dwellings, but not the habitation of the Lord, or
the house of the sanctuary; and on this score they allow of kindling a fire in
Beth MokedF1T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 20. 1. , an apartment in the
temple, where a fire was constantly kept for the priests that kept watch to
warm themselves at.
Exodus 35:4 4 And Moses spoke to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which
the Lord
commanded, saying:
YLT 4And Moses speaketh unto all the company of
the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded,
saying,
And Moses spake
unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Continued
his speech to them, being convened by him, after by way of preface he had
repeated the law of the sabbath, with an additional circumstance to it,
"pro tempore":
saying, this is
the thing which the Lord commanded; ordered Moses to inform
them of as his will, when he was with him upon the mount the first time; but
through their idolatry, and time spent in making up matters between God and
them, he had not had till now an opportunity of acquainting them with it:
saying; as follows.
Exodus 35:5 5 ‘Take from among you an
offering to the Lord.
Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: gold, silver,
and bronze;
YLT 5Take ye from among you a heave-offering to
Jehovah; every one whose heart [is] willing doth bring it, -- the
heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,
Verses
5-9
Take ye from
amongst you an offering unto the Lord,.... That is, they were
to take a part of their substance, of what they were possessed of, every man
according to his ability, out of what he had in his hand that was suitable, and
present it as a freewill offering to the Lord, for the use of the tabernacle to
be built, and the service of it:
whosoever is of
a willing heart; that is, of a generous and liberal disposition:
let him bring
it, an offering of the Lord; or an offering to him, otherwise not; if
brought niggardly and grudgingly it would not be acceptable, for God loves a
willing and cheerful giver:
gold, silver,
and brass: here and in the four following verses, the several things are
particularly mentioned, which would be wanted in building the tabernacle, and
in the service of it, and therefore would be acceptable; and they being exactly
the same, and delivered in the same words and in the same order as in Exodus 25:3 the
reader is referred to the notes there. See Gill on Exodus 25:3. See
Gill on Exodus 25:4. See
Gill on Exodus 25:5. See
Gill on Exodus 25:6. See
Gill on Exodus 25:7.
Exodus 35:6 6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread,
fine linen, and goats’ hair;
YLT 6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen,
and goats' [hair],
Exodus 35:7 7 ram skins dyed red, badger
skins, and acacia wood;
YLT 7and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood,
Exodus 35:8 8 oil for the light, and spices
for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
YLT 8and oil for the light, and spices for the
anointing oil, and for the spice perfume,
Exodus 35:9 9 onyx stones, and stones to
be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
YLT 9and shoham stones, and stones for settings,
for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
Exodus 35:10 10 ‘All who are gifted
artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded:
YLT 10`And all the wise-hearted among you come in,
and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:
And every wise
hearted among you shall come,.... Every ingenious man, that is skilful in
any mechanic art and business, who has a peculiar turn of mind, and employs his
thoughts to improve, in a curious manner, in whatsoever manufactory he is
concerned, every such an one is invited by Moses to come to him:
and make all
the Lord hath commanded, the particulars of which follow.
Exodus 35:11 11 the
tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its
pillars, and its sockets;
YLT 11`The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering,
its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,
The tabernacle,.... Which is
not a general name for the whole, the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies;
but designs the ten fine linen curtains curiously wrought; or the under
curtains, as Jarchi expresses it, which were within:
his tent; the curtains
of goats' hair, which were a covering over the others, and were made for a roof
of the tabernacle, as the same writer observes:
and his
covering; the covering for the tent, which was made of rams' skins, and
badgers' skins:
his taches; which
clasped, coupled the curtains together, both the one and the other; the one
sort were of silver, and the other of brass:
and his boards,
his bars, his pillars; which were all of shittim wood; the boards were the walls of the
tabernacle, the bars which kept them tight together, and the pillars were those
on which the hanging of the door of the tent, and on which the vail that
divided between the holy of holies, were hung; of all which, see Exodus 26:1 &c.
to end of chapter:
and his sockets; which were of
silver, into which the boards were let and fastened, see Exodus 26:19,
&c.
Exodus 35:12 12 the ark and its poles, with
the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering;
YLT 12`The ark and its staves, the mercy-seat, and
the vail of the covering,
The ark and the
staves thereof,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood:
with the mercy seat; made of pure gold; these were set in the
most holy place:
and the vail of
the covering; which divided between the holy and the holy of holies; of these
see Exodus 25:10.
Exodus 35:13 13 the table and its poles,
all its utensils, and the showbread;
YLT 13`The table and its staves, and all its vessels,
and the bread of the presence,
The table and
his staves, and all his vessels,.... The table of shewbread, and all things
appertaining to it:
and the
shewbread; which is mentioned for the sake of the table, and to show what
was intended, and the use of it; for otherwise the shewbread was not yet to be
made, nor by the artificers here called together; and is to be interpreted of
the dishes of the shewbread, in which it was put; and so Junius and Tremellius
render it, the instruments or vessels of the shewbread; of these see Exodus 25:23.
Exodus 35:14 14 also the lampstand for the
light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
YLT 14`And the candlestick for the light, and its
vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light,
The candlestick
also for the light, and his furniture,.... The tongs and snuff
dishes:
and his lamps,
with the oil for the light; the cups, in which were put the oil and the
wicks to burn and give light, as Jarchi interprets them; of these see Exodus 25:31.
Exodus 35:15 15 the incense altar, its
poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the
entrance of the tabernacle;
YLT 15`And the altar of perfume, and its staves,
and the anointing oil, and the spice perfume, and the covering of the opening
at the opening of the tabernacle,
And the incense
altar, and his staves,.... Which were overlaid with gold; hence this altar was called
the golden altar, of which see Exodus 30:1.
and the
anointing oil and sweet incense; each of which were made of various spices,
see Exodus 30:23.
and the hanging
for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle; at the east
end of it, there being there, as Jarchi observes, neither boards nor curtains;
see Exodus 27:16.
Exodus 35:16 16 the altar of burnt
offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the
laver and its base;
YLT 16`The altar of burnt-offering and the brazen
grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,
The altar of
burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels,.... Of which
see Exodus 27:1.
the laver and
his foot; Aben Ezra here observes that it had no staves, and conjectures
it was carried in wagons when removed.
Exodus 35:17 17 the hangings of the court,
its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
YLT 17`The hangings of the court, its pillars, and
their sockets, and the covering of the gate of the court,
The hangings of
the court,.... Of the tabernacle, the outward court, which were of fine
twined linen, a hundred cubits long on each side, north and south, and fifty
cubits broad, east and west; see Exodus 27:9.
his pillars,
and their sockets; the pillars were they on which the hangings were hung; and the
sockets were what the pillars were let into and fastened in:
and the hanging
for the door of the court; at the east of it, of which see Exodus 27:16.
Exodus 35:18 18 the pegs of the
tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords;
YLT 18`The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of
the court, and their cords,
The pins of the
tabernacle,.... Which were to fix and fasten the ends of the curtains in the
ground, that they might not be moved with the wind, as Jarchi observes:
and the pins of
the court, and their cords; which were for the same use; see Exodus 27:19.
Exodus 35:19 19 the garments of ministry,[a] for
ministering in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and
the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’”
YLT 19`The coloured garments, to do service in the
sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons
to act as priest in.'
The cloths of
service, to do service in the holy place,.... To wrap up the
various vessels of the tabernacle, when removed from place to place; see Exodus 31:10 or the
priests' vestments, in which they did their service, and therefore it follows,
by way of apposition:
the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the
priest's office; for which there are particular directions in Exodus 28:1.
Exodus 35:20 20 And all the congregation
of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
YLT 20And all the company of the sons of Israel go
out from the presence of Moses,
And all the
congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. After they had
heard what Moses was ordered to propose unto them, they immediately went to
their tents, and fetched what they had with them, or were willing to part with,
and brought it directly as a freewill offering to the Lord; as Exodus 35:21 shows:
from hence, Aben Ezra observes, we may learn, that the whole congregation of Israel
came to the tabernacle, company after company.
Exodus 35:21 21 Then
everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and
they brought the Lord’s
offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and
for the holy garments.
YLT 21and they come in -- every man whom his heart
hath lifted up, and every one whom his spirit hath made willing -- they have
brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah for the work of the tent of meeting,
and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
And they came
everyone whose heart stirred him up,.... Who felt an impulse
upon his mind, a strong inclination in him:
and everyone
whom his spirit made willing; or was endowed with a free and liberal
spirit, and was heartily willing to bear a part, and cheerfully contribute to
this service; otherwise the willing mind, as well as the ability, were given
them of God; see 1 Chronicles 29:14,
and they
brought the Lord's offering; an offering to him, and such as he directed
and disposed them to bring, and which was for his worship and service, and the
honour of his name, and was acceptable to him:
to the work of
the tabernacle of the congregation; for the making of that,
the several parts of it, and all things in it:
and for all his
service; either the service of God, or of his tabernacle, which is the
same:
and for the
holy garments; that is, of Aaron and his sons.
Exodus 35:22 22 They came, both men and
women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought earrings and nose
rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made
an offering of gold to the Lord.
YLT 22And they come in -- the men with the women --
every willing-hearted one -- they have brought in nose-ring, and ear-ring, and
seal-ring, and necklace, all golden goods, even every one who hath waved a
wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.
And they came
both men and women, as many as were willing hearted,.... And none
else were asked to come; and this supposes, that as there were many of both
sexes that were quite cordial, and heartily willing to contribute to the
uttermost of what they had for this service, so there were others that were
not:
and brought
bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets; the first of these,
according to our version, seem to be ornaments, not about the neck, but the
hands and arms, or wrists, see Genesis 24:22
though the word seems to have the signification of an hook, and may mean
buckles or clasps, with which some part of their garments were coupled and
fastened; so Kimchi saysF2Sepher Shorash. rad. חח
, that in his opinion it was an ornament somewhat like a needle, with which
they pierced and joined the two parts of the collar of a shirt under the
throat: the next are such ornaments as were worn in the ears, and though many
had been given for the making of the golden calf, yet not all; there were many
that did not give their earrings for this service, especially the women,
perhaps only the men, see Exodus 32:2 the
"rings" were such as were worn on the finger, as all seem to agree;
but what the "tablets" were is hard to say, the word being only used
in this place and Numbers 31:50, some
take them for ornaments worn on the right arm; others for the covering of
another part, not to be named; others for girdles or aprons; Aben Ezra gives a
different account of most of them; he says the first design ornaments in the
ear, or earrings; the second such as were worn in the nose, or nose jewels; and
the third indeed such as were put on the finger; and the fourth, that were upon
the arm: however, they were all
jewels of gold; or were all
such ornaments as were made of gold; and these are first mentioned, as being
probably first brought, and were what were asked for in the first place, gold
being wanted for several things:
and every man
that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord; that is,
everyone of the first company that came, their offering was of gold, or
something made of gold.
Exodus 35:23 23 And every man, with whom
was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair,
red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.
YLT 23And every man with whom hath been found blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins made
red, and badgers' skins, have brought [them] in;
And every man
with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet,.... Wool or
yarn of either of the colours; unless it can be supposed there might be with
some of them the ingredients with which colours were made, brought with them
out of Egypt:
and fine linen; they had
brought out of Egypt, and for which that country was famous:
and goats' hair; which in
those countries was so long as to be shorn like the wool of sheep:
and red skins
of the rams; died red, for it does not mean any that were naturally so, of
which none are known:
and badgers'
skins; see Exodus 25:5 of each
of these, such who had them in their possession, and their hearts were willing
to part with them:
brought them; to Moses, to
the tabernacle or tent where he was.
Exodus 35:24 24 Everyone who offered an
offering of silver or bronze brought the Lord’s offering. And everyone
with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
YLT 24every one lifting up a heave-offering of
silver and brass have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah; and every one
with whom hath been found shittim wood for any work of the service brought [it]
in.
Every one that
did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering,.... Every one
that had any quantity of either of these, whose heart was inclined freely to
part therewith, brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord:
and every man
with whom was shittim wood; or acacia, a sort of wood which grew pretty
plentifully in those parts; and such who had cut it down for some use or
another, and were disposed to part with it
for any work of
the service; of which many things were to be made, whether they were trees
they had felled, or planks and boards they had cut them into:
brought it; a sufficient
quantity of it, for the various uses it was to be put unto.
Exodus 35:25 25 All the women who were
gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of
blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
YLT 25And every wise-hearted woman hath spun with
her hands, and they bring in yarn, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and
the linen;
And all the
women that were wise hearted,.... That were ingenious, and had a good
hand at spinning particularly, these were of the common and lower sort; the
more honourable and richer sort of women are before mentioned, as bringing
jewels or ornaments of gold of different sorts: but these were such who
did spin with
their hands; in which way they got their living: some were more dexterous at
it than others:
and brought
that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of
fine linen; that is, yarn of these several colours, and flaxen thread, of
which fine linen was made, all ready for the weaver, whether in woollen or
linen.
Exodus 35:26 26 And all the women whose
hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair.
YLT 26and all the women whose heart hath lifted
them up in wisdom, have spun the goats' [hair].
And all the
women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom,.... To be ingenious in
their business, and to study to do it in a curious manner, and to do that which
others could not:
spun goats' hair; some join the
phrase, "in wisdom", in the preceding clause with this, neglecting
the accent "Athnach", which divides them, thus, "in wisdom spun
goats' hair"; and which, without being separated from the preceding
clause, may be understood and repeated in this: for, as Aben Ezra says, to spin
goats' hair was an art that required excellent wisdom; and so Jarchi: in the
eastern countries there is a sort of goats' hair very bright and fine, and
hangs to the ground, and the beauty of it is equal almost to that of silk, and
is never sheared, but combed off, and the women of the country spin it; and at
this day a great trade is driven with it at Angora and AleppoF3Calmet
in the word "Hair". .
Exodus 35:27 27 The rulers brought onyx
stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,
YLT 27And the princes have brought in the shoham
stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate,
And the rulers
brought onyx stones, and stones to be set,.... Or "stones of
fillings"F4אבני המלאים
"lapides plenitudinum", Pagninus, Montanus; "repletionum",
Vatablus; "impletionum", Drusius. , to be set in ouches, and fill
them up, as stones set in rings do:
for the ephod,
and for the breastplate; the onyx stones were for the shoulder pieces of the ephod; and
the other stones were for the breastplate of judgment, and both to be borne by
the high priest, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord,
whose names were engraven on these stones: the rulers are mentioned last, as bringing
their offerings: the reason of which may not be, because they were backward to
it, for they might offer earlier, though recorded last; or if they offered
last, it might be because they brought things that others could not; namely,
the precious stones here mentioned, and other things in the next verse, the
common people had not; though some of the Jewish writers tax them with
dilatoriness, and observe a letter wanting in the word for "rulers",
it generally has; omitted to denote, as they think, that they were slow and
backward in offering; so Jarchi notes from R. Nathan.
Exodus 35:28 28 and spices and oil for the
light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
YLT 28and the spices, and the oil for the light,
and for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume;
And spice and
oil,.... Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as
the common people had not, and which they brought out of Egypt; the one was
for the light: for the light
of the candlestick only; the oil, and other spices:
were for the
anointing oil, and for the sweet incense; the spices for the
former were pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus and cassia; and for the
latter, stacte, onycha, galbanum, with pure frankincense.
Exodus 35:29 29 The children of Israel
brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women
whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which
the Lord,
by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.
YLT 29every man and woman (whom their heart hath
made willing to bring in for all the work which Jehovah commanded to be done by
the hand of Moses) [of] the sons of Israel brought in a willing-offering to
Jehovah.
The children of
Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord,.... What they did,
whether more or less, they did it cheerfully and willingly, as to the Lord, for
his service and glory:
every man and
woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the
Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses: See Gill on Exodus 35:21 and as
there were work and service of God's appointment to be done in the legal
tabernacle, so there are in the Gospel church; such as prayer, praise,
preaching, and hearing the word, and the administration of ordinances; and for
the support of which contributions are made; and all this is to be done
willingly and cordially: the Gospel is to be preached not by constraint, but
willingly, not for filthy lucre sake, but of a ready mind; the word is to be
heard and received with all readiness, and ordinances are to be submitted to
cheerfully, and with the whole heart; and the contributions made for the poor,
and the support of divine service, are to be generous and bountiful: and those
who have such a willing heart and spirit, have it not by nature or of
themselves, but from the efficacious grace of God, which makes them a willing
people in the day of his power; and from the free Spirit of God, who works in
them, both to will and to do of his good pleasure; and from the love of God and
Christ constraining them to it: and these act according to their several
abilities, some have more grace and greater gifts, and others lesser and
meaner; as well as some have more of this world's goods than others, and so
capable of doing more service; but all, according to their capacity, of every
sex and class, are to contribute all they can freely and willingly, to the
carrying on of the cause of God and interest of religion: some bring gold, and
some goats' hair, some silver, and some brass, &c. but all being offered
willingly, from right principles, and with right views, is acceptable.
Exodus 35:30 30 And Moses said to the
children of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
YLT 30And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel,
`See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the
tribe of Judah,
And Moses said
unto the children of Israel,.... After they had brought their several
freewill offerings:
see; observe, take
notice of this, for your encouragement, that your service will not be in vain,
for want of proper persons to perform this work, and to guide, direct, and
oversee it:
the Lord hath
called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; of this man,
and of his descent; see Gill on Exodus 31:2.
Exodus 35:31 31 and
He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in
knowledge and all manner of workmanship,
YLT 31and He doth fill him [with] the Spirit of
God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,
Verses
31-33
And he hath
filled him with the Spirit of God,.... This and the two
following verses contain the account of the qualifications of Bezaleel, which
he had in an extraordinary manner from the Lord, and these are expressed in the
same words as in Exodus 31:3; see
Gill on Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:4, Exodus 31:5.
Exodus 35:32 32 to design artistic works,
to work in gold and silver and bronze,
YLT 32even to devise devices to work in gold, and
in silver, and in brass,
Exodus 35:33 33 in cutting jewels for
setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.
YLT 33and in graving of stones for settings, and in
graving of wood to work in any work of design.
Exodus 35:34 34 “And He has put in his
heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of
the tribe of Dan.
YLT 34`And to direct He hath put in his heart, he
and Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan;
And he hath put
in his heart that he may teach,.... Instruct others in the things be had
knowledge of; the Lord not only gave him gifts of wisdom, understanding, and
knowledge, to devise and contrive curious works, and how to perform them, but
gave him a capacity, and inclined his mind to teach others, how to work these
works; for not all that have knowledge have a capacity and a will to teach
others also; this is of God:
both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; who was
joined with him as a companion and assistant in the same service; him the Lord
also qualified, both to devise things, and to teach them others; of this man;
see Gill on Exodus 31:6.
Exodus 35:35 35 He has filled them with
skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the
tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and
of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.
YLT 35He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to
do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of
designers of designs.
Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart,.... Or wisdom in their heart, a large
measure of it, signified by their being filled with it; and whatever wisdom men
have, whether in things natural, civil, moral, or spiritual, it is all of God:
this was
to work all
manner of work, of the engraver; which the setting of stones in the ephod or
breastplate required:
and of the
cunning workman; and such an one was necessary for the making the curtains of the
tabernacle, the vail between the holy and the holy of holies, and the ephod and
breastplate of the high priest:
and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen; in which
there were various works of things belonging to the tabernacle, and persons
employed in it:
and of the
weaver; both in linen and woollen, for the curtains and hangings of the
tabernacle, and for the priests' garments:
even of those that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work: whether in
the above things, or in any sort of curious work, in gold, silver, brass, wood,
or stone.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New
King James Version (NKJV)
a.
Exodus 35:19 Or
woven garments