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Exodus Chapter Thirty-five

 

Exodus 35 Outlines

Sabbath Regulations (v.1~3)

Offerings for the Tabernacle (v.4~9)

Articles of the Tabernacle (v.10~19)

The Tabernacle Offerings Presented (v.20~29)

The Artisans Called by God (v.30~35)

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)

Footnotes:

a.    Exodus 35:19 Or woven garments