Exodus 36:1

_THEN WROUGHT BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB, AND EVERY WISE HEARTED MAN, IN WHOM THE LORD PUT WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO KNOW HOW TO WORK ALL MANNER OF WORK FOR THE SERVICE OF THE SANCTUARY, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE LORD HAD COMMANDED._ Then wrought Bezaleel ... Here is an illustrious example of zeal and activity in the work of the Lord. No unnecessary delay was allowed to take place; and from the moment the first pole was stuck in the ground, until the final completion of the sacred edifice, he and his associates laboured with all their energies both of mind and body engaged in the work. And what was the mainspring of their arduous and untiring diligence? They could be actuated by none of the ordinary motives that give impulse to human industry-by no desire for the acquisition of gain-no ambition for honour-no view of gratifying a mere love of power in directing the labours of a large body of...

1._Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab_. Although Moses might have seemed to be unnecessarily prolix in recording the injunctions which God gave respecting the building of the tabernacle, yet he repeats the same narrative here almost in the same words; and this he does with the best design, and for very good reasons. For it was of much importance that it might be seen by actual comparison how exactly the artificers had conformed everything to the pattern laid down by God: and this, not only in commendation of their obedience, but because it behooved that there should be nothing human in the structure; for although they might each of them have exerted themselves strenuously in the work, still it was not lawful for them to give the slightest scope to their own inventions; nay, this would have been a profanation of the sacred edifice, not to follow in every part what had been so carefully dic...

CHAPTER XXXVI _Moses appoints Bezaleel, Aholiab, and their associates, to the work,_ _and delivers to them the free-will offerings of the people_, 1-3. _The people bring offerings more than are needed for the work, and are_ _only restrained by the proclamation of Moses_, 4-7. _The curtains, their loops, taches, c., for the tabernacle_, 8-18. _The covering for the tent_, 19. _The boards_, 20-30. _The bars_, 31-34. _The veil and its pillars_, 35, 36. _The hangings and their pillars_, 37, 38. NOTES ON C

See the notes to Exodus 26....

EXPOSITION EXODUS 36:1, EXODUS 36:8-2 THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK, AND THE SUPERFLUOUS LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE—THE LATTER HAS TO BE RESTRAINED (Exodus 36:3-2). Bezaleel and Aholiab felt that the time for action was now come. They at once addressed themselves to their task. Moses delivered into their hands all the various offerings which the people, rich

THEN WROUGHT BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB, AND EVERY WISE HEARTED MAN,.... Or every ingenious artificer under them: when they began to work is not precisely said, but it is very probable they set about it directly, as soon as they were furnished with materials for it, nor is it said where they wrought; it is very likely there was a particular place, where they were ranged according to their respective manufactories, and where they did their work under the inspection, and by the direction of these two men: IN WHOM THE LORD PUT WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, TO KNOW HOW TO WORK ALL MANNER OF WORK, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE SANCTUARY, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE LORD HAD COMMANDED; for as all the wisdom and understanding, which Bezaleel and Aholiab had for the building of the tabernacle, and making everything appertaining to it, and for instructing others to do the same, were from the Lord; so all the wisdo...

CHAPTER 36 THE WORK CARRIED OUT _ 1. The work begun (Exodus 36:1)_ 2. The over-supply in the offerings (Exodus 36:5) 3. The curtains (Exodus 36:8) 4. The covering of the tent (Exodus 36:14) 5. The boards and the sockets of silver (Exodus 36:20) 6. The bars (Exodus 36:31) 7. The vail and the hanging for the door (Exodus 36:35)...

EXODUS 35:30 TO EXODUS 36:7 P S. THE CRAFTSMEN AND THEIR SUPPLIES. The first paragraph (to Exodus 36:1) describes the call of Bezalel and Oholiab (_cf. Exodus 31:2_ ff.). The second (Exodus 36:2) relates, with a glowing idealisation of the conditions of that golden age, how the craftsmen had to restrain the givers from bringing too much. EXODUS 36:8 P S. THE TENT. This section comes first instead of following the account of its contents as in...

WISE HEARTED. See note on Exodus 35:5. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....

_in whom_, &c. cf. Exodus 31:6 b. _the service of_ i.e. the business of constructing, as Exodus 35:24. So _v._3. _according to_ WITH REGARD _to_....