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Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 35:1	Strong Concordance	And Moses [04872] gathered [06950] all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] together [06950], and said [0559] unto them, These are the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680], that ye should do [06213] them.
	King James	And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TABERNACLE. (Exo. 35:1-35) Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel, &c.--On the occasion referred to in the opening of this chapter, the Israelites were specially reminded of the design to erect a magnificent tabernacle for the regular worship of God, as well as of the leading articles that were required to furnish that sacred edifice [Exo 35:11-19]. (See on Exo. 25:1-40; Exo. 27:1-21; Exo. 30:1-31:18).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TABERNACLE. (Exo. 35:1-35)

Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel, &c.--On the occasion referred to in the opening of this chapter, the Israelites were specially reminded of the design to erect a magnificent tabernacle for the regular worship of God, as well as of the leading articles that were required to furnish that sacred edifice [Exo 35:11-19]. (See on Exo. 25:1-40; Exo. 27:1-21; Exo. 30:1-31:18).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The narrative of what relates to the construction of the sanctuary is now resumed from Exo 31:18.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Preliminaries to the Work. - Ex 35:1-29. After the restoration of the covenant, Moses announced to the people the divine commands with reference to the holy place of the tabernacle which was to be built. He repeated first of all (Exo 35:1-3) the law of the Sabbath according to Exo 31:13-17, and strengthened it by the announcement, that on the Sabbath no fire was to be kindled in their dwelling, because this rule was to be observed even in connection with the work to be done for the tabernacle. (For a fuller comment, see at Exo 20:9.). Then, in accordance with the command of Jehovah, he first of all summoned the whole nation to present freewill-offerings for the holy things to be prepared (Exo 35:4, Exo 35:5), mentioning one by one all the materials that would be required (Exo 35:5-9, as in Exo 25:3-7); and after that he called upon those who were endowed with understanding to prepare the different articles, as prescribed in ch. 25-30, mentioning these also one by one (Exo 35:11-19), even down to the pegs of the dwelling and court (Exo 27:19), and "their cords," i.e., the cords required to fasten the tent and the hangings round the court to the pegs that were driven into the ground, which had not been mentioned before, being altogether subordinate things. (On the "cloths of service," Exo 35:19, see at Exo 31:10.) In Exo 35:20-29 we have an account of the fulfilment of this command. The people went from Moses, i.e., from the place where they were assembled round Moses, away to their tents, and willingly offered the things required as a heave-offering for Jehovah; every one "whom his heart lifted up," i.e., who felt himself inclined and stirred up in his heart to do this. The men along with (על as in Gen 32:12; see Ewald, 217) the women brought with a willing heart all kinds of golden rings and jewellery: chak, lit., hook, here a clasp or ring; nezem, an ear or nose-ring (Gen 35:4; Gen 24:47); tabbaath, a finger-ring; cumaz, globulus aureus, probably little golden balls strung together like beads, which were worn by the Israelites and Midianites (Num 31:50) as an ornament round the wrist and neck, as Diod. Sic. relates that they were by the Arabians (3, 44). "All kinds of golden jewellery, and every one who had waved (dedicated) a wave (offering) of gold to Jehovah," sc., offered it for the work of the tabernacle. The meaning is, that in addition to the many varieties of golden ornaments, which were willingly offered for the work to be performed, every one brought whatever gold he had set apart as a wave-offering (a sacrificial gift) for Jehovah. הניף to wave, lit., to swing or move to and fro, is used in connection with the sacrificial ritual to denote a peculiar ceremony, through which certain portions of a sacrifice, which were not intended for burning upon the altar, but for the maintenance of the priests (Num 18:11), were consecrated to the Lord, or given up to Him in a symbolical manner (see at Lev 7:30). Tenuphah, the wave-offering, accordingly denoted primarily those portions of the sacrificial animal which were allotted to the priests as their share of the sacrifices; and then, in a more general sense, every gift or offering that was consecrated to the Lord for the establishment and maintenance of the sanctuary and its worship. In this wider sense the term tenuphah (wave-offering) is applied both here and in Exo 38:24, Exo 38:29 to the gold and copper presented by the congregation for the building of the tabernacle. So that it does not really differ from terumah, a lift of heave-offering, as every gift intended for the erection and maintenance of the sanctuary was called, inasmuch as the offerer lifted it off from his own property, to dedicate it to the Lord for the purposes of His worship. Accordingly, in Exo 35:24 the freewill-offerings of the people in silver and gold for the erection of the tabernacle are called terumah; and in Exo 36:6, all the gifts of metal, wood, leather, and woven materials, presented by the people for the erection of the tabernacle, are called קדשׁ תּרוּמת. (On heaving and the heave-offering, see at Exo 25:2 and Lev 2:9.)

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Preliminaries to the Work. - Ex 35:1-29. After the restoration of the covenant, Moses announced to the people the divine commands with reference to the holy place of the tabernacle which was to be built. He repeated first of all (Exo 35:1-3) the law of the Sabbath according to Exo 31:13-17, and strengthened it by the announcement, that on the Sabbath no fire was to be kindled in their dwelling, because this rule was to be observed even in connection with the work to be done for the tabernacle. (For a fuller comment, see at Exo 20:9.). Then, in accordance with the command of Jehovah, he first of all summoned the whole nation to present freewill-offerings for the holy things to be prepared (Exo 35:4, Exo 35:5), mentioning one by one all the materials that would be required (Exo 35:5-9, as in Exo 25:3-7); and after that he called upon those who were endowed with understanding to prepare the different articles, as prescribed in ch. 25-30, mentioning these also one by one (Exo 35:11-19), even down to the pegs of the dwelling and court (Exo 27:19), and "their cords," i.e., the cords required to fasten the tent and the hangings round the court to the pegs that were driven into the ground, which had not been mentioned before, being altogether subordinate things. (On the "cloths of service," Exo 35:19, see at Exo 31:10.) In Exo 35:20-29 we have an account of the fulfilment of this command. The people went from Moses, i.e., from the place where they were assembled round Moses, away to their tents, and willingly offered the things required as a heave-offering for Jehovah; every one "whom his heart lifted up," i.e., who felt himself inclined and stirred up in his heart to do this. The men along with (על as in Gen 32:12; see Ewald, 217) the women brought with a willing heart all kinds of golden rings and jewellery: chak, lit., hook, here a clasp or ring; nezem, an ear or nose-ring (Gen 35:4; Gen 24:47); tabbaath, a finger-ring; cumaz, globulus aureus, probably little golden balls strung together like beads, which were worn by the Israelites and Midianites (Num 31:50) as an ornament round the wrist and neck, as Diod. Sic. relates that they were by the Arabians (3, 44). "All kinds of golden jewellery, and every one who had waved (dedicated) a wave (offering) of gold to Jehovah," sc., offered it for the work of the tabernacle. The meaning is, that in addition to the many varieties of golden ornaments, which were willingly offered for the work to be performed, every one brought whatever gold he had set apart as a wave-offering (a sacrificial gift) for Jehovah. הניף to wave, lit., to swing or move to and fro, is used in connection with the sacrificial ritual to denote a peculiar ceremony, through which certain portions of a sacrifice, which were not intended for burning upon the altar, but for the maintenance of the priests (Num 18:11), were consecrated to the Lord, or given up to Him in a symbolical manner (see at Lev 7:30). Tenuphah, the wave-offering, accordingly denoted primarily those portions of the sacrificial animal which were allotted to the priests as their share of the sacrifices; and then, in a more general sense, every gift or offering that was consecrated to the Lord for the establishment and maintenance of the sanctuary and its worship. In this wider sense the term tenuphah (wave-offering) is applied both here and in Exo 38:24, Exo 38:29 to the gold and copper presented by the congregation for the building of the tabernacle. So that it does not really differ from terumah, a lift of heave-offering, as every gift intended for the erection and maintenance of the sanctuary was called, inasmuch as the offerer lifted it off from his own property, to dedicate it to the Lord for the purposes of His worship. Accordingly, in Exo 35:24 the freewill-offerings of the people in silver and gold for the erection of the tabernacle are called terumah; and in Exo 36:6, all the gifts of metal, wood, leather, and woven materials, presented by the people for the erection of the tabernacle, are called קדשׁ תּרוּמת. (On heaving and the heave-offering, see at Exo 25:2 and Lev 2:9.)

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And Moses gathered - The principal subjects in this chapter have been already largely considered in the notes on chapters 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, and to those the reader is particularly desired to refer, together with the parallel texts in the margin.

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¹¹ The tabernacle [04908], his tent [0168], and his covering [04372], his taches [07165], and his boards [07175], his bars [01280], his pillars [05982], and his sockets [0134],
¹² The ark [0727], and the staves [0905] thereof, with the mercy seat [03727], and the vail [06532] of the covering [04539],
¹³ The table [07979], and his staves [0905], and all his vessels [03627], and the shewbread [06440] [03899],
¹⁴ The candlestick [04501] also for the light [03974], and his furniture [03627], and his lamps [05216], with the oil [08081] for the light [03974],
¹⁵ And the incense [07004] altar [04196], and his staves [0905], and the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and the sweet [05561] incense [07004], and the hanging [04539] for the door at the entering in [06607] of the tabernacle [04908],
¹⁶ The altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930], with his brasen [05178] grate [04345], his staves [0905], and all his vessels [03627], the laver [03595] and his foot [03653],
¹⁷ The hangings [07050] of the court [02691], his pillars [05982], and their sockets [0134], and the hanging [04539] for the door [08179] of the court [02691],
¹⁸ The pins [03489] of the tabernacle [04908], and the pins [03489] of the court [02691], and their cords [04340],
¹⁹ The cloths [0899] of service [08278], to do service [08334] in the holy [06944] place, the holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], and the garments [0899] of his sons [01121], to minister in the priest's office [03547].

¹⁸ And he gave [05414] unto Moses [04872], when he had made an end [03615] of communing [01696] with him upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514], two [08147] tables [03871] of testimony [05715], tables [03871] of stone [068], written [03789] with the finger [0676] of God [0430].

⁹ And the priest [03548] shall take [07311] from the meat offering [04503] a memorial [0234] thereof, and shall burn [06999] it upon the altar [04196]: it is an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].

² Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] me an offering [08641]: of every man [0376] that giveth it willingly [05068] with his heart [03820] ye shall take [03947] my offering [08641].

⁶ And Moses [04872] gave commandment [06680], and they caused it to be proclaimed [06963] [05674] throughout the camp [04264], saying [0559], Let neither man [0376] nor woman [0802] make [06213] any more work [04399] for the offering [08641] of the sanctuary [06944]. So the people [05971] were restrained [03607] from bringing [0935].

²⁴ Every one that did offer [07311] an offering [08641] of silver [03701] and brass [05178] brought [0935] the LORD'S [03068] offering [08641]: and every man, with whom was found [04672] shittim [07848] wood [06086] for any work [04399] of the service [05656], brought [0935] it.

²⁹ And the brass [05178] of the offering [08573] was seventy [07657] talents [03603], and two thousand [0505] and four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255].

²⁴ All the gold [02091] that was occupied [06213] for the work [04399] in all the work [04399] of the holy [06944] place, even the gold [02091] of the offering [08573], was twenty [06242] and nine [08672] talents [03603], and seven [07651] hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].

³⁰ His own hands [03027] shall bring [0935] the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], the fat [02459] with the breast [02373], it shall he bring [0935], that the breast [02373] may be waved [05130] for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

¹¹ And this is thine; the heave offering [08641] of their gift [04976], with all the wave offerings [08573] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: I have given [05414] them unto thee, and to thy sons [01121] and to thy daughters [01323] with thee, by a statute [02706] for ever [05769]: every one that is clean [02889] in thy house [01004] shall eat [0398] of it.

⁵⁰ We have therefore brought [07126] an oblation [07133] for the LORD [03068], what every man [0376] hath gotten [04672], of jewels [03627] of gold [02091], chains [0685], and bracelets [06781], rings [02885], earrings [05694], and tablets [03558], to make an atonement [03722] for our souls [05315] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

⁴⁷ And I asked [07592] her, and said [0559], Whose daughter [01323] art thou? And she said [0559], The daughter [01323] of Bethuel [01328], Nahor's [05152] son [01121], whom Milcah [04435] bare [03205] unto him: and I put [07760] the earring [05141] upon her face [0639], and the bracelets [06781] upon her hands [03027].

⁴ And they gave [05414] unto Jacob [03290] all the strange [05236] gods [0430] which were in their hand [03027], and all their earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241]; and Jacob [03290] hid [02934] them under the oak [0424] which was by Shechem [07927].

¹² And thou saidst [0559], I will surely [03190] do thee good [03190], and make [07760] thy seed [02233] as the sand [02344] of the sea [03220], which cannot be numbered [05608] for multitude [07230].

²⁰ And all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] departed [03318] from the presence [06440] of Moses [04872].
²¹ And they came [0935], every one [0376] whose [0834] heart [03820] stirred him up [05375], and every one whom his spirit [07307] made willing [05068], and they brought [0935] the LORD'S [03068] offering [08641] to the work [04399] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and for all his service [05656], and for the holy [06944] garments [0899].
²² And they came [0935], both [05921] men [0582] and women [0802], as many as [03605] were willing [05081] hearted [03820], and brought [0935] bracelets [02397], and earrings [05141], and rings [02885], and tablets [03558], all jewels [03627] of gold [02091]: and every man [0376] that offered [05130] offered an offering [08573] of gold [02091] unto the LORD [03068].
²³ And every man [0376], with whom was found [04672] blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine linen [08336], and goats [05795]' hair, and red [0119] skins [05785] of rams [0352], and badgers [08476]' skins [05785], brought [0935] them.
²⁴ Every one that did offer [07311] an offering [08641] of silver [03701] and brass [05178] brought [0935] the LORD'S [03068] offering [08641]: and every man, with whom was found [04672] shittim [07848] wood [06086] for any work [04399] of the service [05656], brought [0935] it.
²⁵ And all the women [0802] that were wise [02450] hearted [03820] did spin [02901] with their hands [03027], and brought [0935] that which they had spun [04299], both of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], and of scarlet [08144] [08438], and of fine linen [08336].
²⁶ And all the women [0802] whose heart [03820] stirred [05375] them up in wisdom [02451] spun [02901] goats [05795]' hair.
²⁷ And the rulers [05387] brought [0935] onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones [068] to be set [04394], for the ephod [0646], and for the breastplate [02833];
²⁸ And spice [01314], and oil [08081] for the light [03974], and for the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and for the sweet [05561] incense [07004].
²⁹ The children [01121] of Israel [03478] brought [0935] a willing offering [05071] unto the LORD [03068], every man [0376] and woman [0802], whose [0834] heart [03820] made them willing [05068] to bring [0935] for all manner of work [04399], which the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] to be made [06213] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].

¹⁰ And the cloths [0899] of service [08278], and the holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], and the garments [0899] of his sons [01121], to minister in the priest's office [03547],

¹⁹ The cloths [0899] of service [08278], to do service [08334] in the holy [06944] place, the holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], and the garments [0899] of his sons [01121], to minister in the priest's office [03547].

¹⁹ All the vessels [03627] of the tabernacle [04908] in all the service [05656] thereof, and all the pins [03489] thereof, and all the pins [03489] of the court [02691], shall be of brass [05178].

³ And this is the offering [08641] which ye shall take [03947] of them; gold [02091], and silver [03701], and brass [05178],
⁴ And blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08438] [08144], and fine linen [08336], and goats [05795]' hair,
⁵ And rams [0352]' skins [05785] dyed red [0119], and badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shittim [07848] wood [06086],
⁶ Oil [08081] for the light [03974], spices [01314] for anointing [04888] oil [08081], and for sweet [05561] incense [07004],
⁷ Onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones [068] to be set [04394] in the ephod [0646], and in the breastplate [02833].

⁵ Take [03947] ye from among you an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068]: whosoever [03605] is of a willing [05081] heart [03820], let him bring [0935] it, an offering [08641] of the LORD [03068]; gold [02091], and silver [03701], and brass [05178],
⁶ And blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine linen [08336], and goats [05795]' hair,
⁷ And rams [0352]' skins [05785] dyed red [0119], and badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shittim [07848] wood [06086],
⁸ And oil [08081] for the light [03974], and spices [01314] for anointing [04888] oil [08081], and for the sweet [05561] incense [07004],
⁹ And onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones [068] to be set [04394] for the ephod [0646], and for the breastplate [02833].

⁴ And Moses [04872] spake [0559] unto all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], This is the thing [01697] which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680], saying [0559],

⁹ Six [08337] days [03117] shalt thou labour [05647], and do [06213] all thy work [04399]:

¹³ Speak [01696] thou also unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Verily [0389] my sabbaths [07676] ye shall keep [08104]: for it is a sign [0226] between me and you throughout your generations [01755]; that ye may know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that doth sanctify [06942] you.
¹⁴ Ye shall keep [08104] the sabbath [07676] therefore; for it is holy [06944] unto you: every one that defileth [02490] it shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191]: for whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] therein, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
¹⁵ Six [08337] days [03117] may work [04399] be done [06213]; but in the seventh [07637] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], holy [06944] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] in the sabbath [07676] day [03117], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
¹⁶ Wherefore the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall keep [08104] the sabbath [07676], to observe [06213] the sabbath [07676] throughout their generations [01755], for a perpetual [05769] covenant [01285].
¹⁷ It is a sign [0226] between me and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for ever [05769]: for in six [08337] days [03117] the LORD [03068] made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] he rested [07673], and was refreshed [05314].

¹ And Moses [04872] gathered [06950] all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] together [06950], and said [0559] unto them, These are the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680], that ye should do [06213] them.
² Six [08337] days [03117] shall work [04399] be done [06213], but on the seventh [07637] day [03117] there shall be to you an holy day [06944], a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] work [04399] therein shall be put to death [04191].
³ Ye shall kindle [01197] no fire [0784] throughout your habitations [04186] upon the sabbath [07676] day [03117].