Exodus 31:5

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cutting	וּבַחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת u.va.cha.Ro.shet	H2799	mechanical work · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
stones	אֶ֛בֶן 'E.ven	H68	a stone · noun, common feminine singular absolute
set	לְמַלֹּ֖את le.ma.Lot	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
carving	וּבַחֲרֹ֣שֶׁת u.va.cha.Ro.shet	H2799	mechanical work · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
timber	עֵ֑ץ 'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
work	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
workmanship	מְלָאכָֽה me.la.Khah	H4399	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 28:9-21 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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Commentary

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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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 31:3

I have filled him with the spirit of God--It is probable that he was naturally endowed with a mechanical genius, and had acquired in Egypt great knowledge and skill in the useful, as well as liberal, arts so as to be a first-class artisan, competent to take charge of both the plain and ornamental work, which the building of the sacred edifice required. When God has any special work to be accomplished, He always raises up instruments capable of doing it; and it is likely that He had given to the son of Uri that strong natural aptitude and those opportunities of gaining mechanical skill, with an ultimate view to this responsible office. Notwithstanding that his grand duty was to conform with s…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 31:5

In cutting of stones, etc. - Every thing that concerned the lapidary's, jeweler's, and carver's art.

John Gill on 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" (o); 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 t…

Dictionary and topics

Bezaleel — In the shadow of God; i.e., “under his protection”, the artificer who executed the work of art in connection with the tabernacle in the wilderness (Ex. 31:2; 35:30). He was engaged principally in…
Carve — The arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection with the construction of the tabernacle and the temple (Ex. 31:2, 5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18, 35;…
Carving — The arts of carving and engraving were much in request in the construction of both the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 31:5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18,35; Psalms 74:6) as well as in the ornamentation of…
Art · . — .
Arts Of The · Carver — Carver
Carpentry · Tabernacle, and furniture of — Tabernacle, and furniture of
Carving · Bezaleel — Bezaleel
Genius · Mechani — Mechani
Lapidary · One who cuts precious stones — One who cuts precious stones
Master Workman · .Bezaleel — .Bezaleel
Mechanic · .Bezaleel — .Bezaleel
Smith · Bezaleel — Bezaleel
Tabernacle · Workmen who constructed it were inspire — Workmen who constructed it were inspire

Exodus 31:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 31:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 31:3

Adam Clarke on Exodus 31:5

John Gill on Exodus 31:5

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 31:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 31:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 31:3

Adam Clarke on Exodus 31:5

John Gill on Exodus 31:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 31:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 31:3

Rashi on Exodus 31:5