Matthew Henry on Exodus 31:1-11
A great deal of fine work God had ordered to be done about the tabernacle; the materials the people were to provide, but who must put them into form? Moses himself was learned in all the learning of the Egyptians, nay, he was well acquainted with the words of God, and the visions of the Almighty; but he knew not how to engrave or embroider. We may suppose that there were some very ingenious men among the Israelites; but, having lived all their days in bondage in Egypt, we cannot think they were any of them instructed in these curious arts. They knew how to make brick and work in clay, but to work in gold and in cutting diamonds was what they had never been brought up to. How should the work…
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And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the Lord had given Moses instructions about building a tabernacle, the model of which he had shown him, and what should be the furniture of it, who should minister in it, and what clothes they should wear, he acquaints him that he had provided artificers for this service; which would prevent doubts and objections that might rise up in the mind of Moses, how and by whom all this should be done; since the children of Israel had not been brought up, nor used to any curious work in Egypt, out of which they were but just come:
saying; as follows:
John Calvin on Exodus 31:1-11
Exodus 31:1-11
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1. Loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:
2. See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
2. Vide, vocavi ex nomine Besaleel filium Uri, filii Hur, e tribu Jehuda:
3. And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
3. Et replevi eum Spiritu Dei, sapientia et intelligentia, scientia et onmi arte,
4. To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
4. Ad excogitandum quicquid fabrefieri potest ex auro, et argento, et aere:
5. And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving…
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