Exodus 36:4-14

4 And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.

5 And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed to do.

6 And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labour for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.

7 And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides.

8 And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

9 And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

10 And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;

11 shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.

12 They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;

13 and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

14 and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.

Exodus 36:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.

Footnotes

• [a]. Another reading is e?pa?, but there is occasionally confusion of number in LXX.; the singular being several times used for the plural.
• [b]. works.
• [c]. for seals.
• [d]. they.
• [e]. itself.