Esodo 31:5

5 e in arte di pietre da legare, e in arte di lavorar di legno, in qualunque lavorio.

Esodo 31:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 31:5

And in cutting of stones to set them
Not of marble stones, or of any common stones used in building, and the cutting and hewing of them to be laid therein, for of those there was no use in the tabernacle; but of precious stones, and the cutting of them, and setting of them in their ouches or enclosures, as the onyx stones on the shoulders of the high priest, and the twelve precious stones in his breastplate: Bezaleel was taught by the Spirit of God the art of jewelling, and instructed others in it:

and in carving of timber;
or rather, "in cutting timber" ^F15; for it is the same word as before, for we have no account of any carved work in the tabernacle; and therefore this must design the work of carpenters and joiners in cutting the shittim wood, making planks and boards of it, and of them the sides of the tabernacle, jointed into sockets; the ark of the testimony, the shewbread table, and altar of incense, which were of timber, and the workmanship of such persons:

to work in all manner of workmanship;
in all other manufactories; as spinning, weaving, embroidery, dying various colours, compounding ointment, perfume

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Ue tvrhb) "in fabrefactione ligni", Montanus; so Tigurine version.

Esodo 31:5 In-Context

3 E l’ho ripieno dello spirito di Dio, in industria, e in ingegno, e in sapere, e in ogni artificio;

4 per far disegni da lavorare in oro, e in argento, e in rame;

5 e in arte di pietre da legare, e in arte di lavorar di legno, in qualunque lavorio.

6 Ed ecco, io gli ho aggiunto Oholiab, figliuol di Ahisamac, della tribù di Dan. Io ho oltre a ciò messa industria nell’animo d’ogni uomo industrioso, acciocchè facciano tutte le cose che io ti ho comandate.

7 Il Tabernacolo della convenenza, e l’Arca per la Testimonianza, e il Coperchio che ha da esser sopra essa, e tutti gli arredi del Tabernacolo.