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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wrought	וְעָשָׂה֩ ve.'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Bezaleel	בְצַלְאֵ֨ל ve.tzal.'El	H1212	Betsalel · proper noun, a man's name
Aholiab	וְאָהֳלִיאָ֜ב ve.'o.ho.li.'Av	H171	Oholiab · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
wise	חֲכַם cha.kham-	H2450	wise · adjective, masculine singular construct
hearted	לֵ֗ב Lev	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular absolute
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
whom	הֵם hêm	H1992	they (only used when emphatic)
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
put	נָתַ֨ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wisdom	חָכְמָ֤ה chokh.mah	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
understanding	וּתְבוּנָה֙ u.te.vu.Nah	H8394	intelligence · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
know	לָדַ֣עַת la.Da.'at	H3045	to know (properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
work	לַעֲשֹׂ֔ת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
work	מְלֶ֖אכֶת me.Le.khet	H4399	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
service	עֲבֹדַ֣ת 'a.vo.Dat	H5656	work of any kind · noun, common feminine singular construct
sanctuary	הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ ha.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
commanded	צִוָּ֖ה tzi.Vah	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to co…
Exodus 31:1-6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus 35:30-35 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah…
Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 39:1-40:38 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron…
Exodus 23:21-22 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:1-7

I. The workmen set in without delay. Then they wrought, Exo 36:1. When God had qualified them for the work, then they applied themselves to it. Note, The talents we are entrusted with must not be laid up, but laid out; not hid in a napkin, but traded with. What have we all our gifts for, but to do good with them? They began when Moses called them, Exo 36:2. Even those whom God has qualified for, and inclined to, the service of the tabernacle, yet must wait for a regular call to it, either extraordinary, as that of prophets and apostles, or ordinary, as that of pastors and teachers. And observe who they were that Moses called: Those in whose heart God had put wisdom for this purpose, beyond t…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:1

Then wrought, etc. - The first verse of this chapter should end the preceding chapter, and this should begin with verse the second; as it now stands, it does not make a very consistent sense. By reading the first word ועשה veasah, then wrought, in the future tense instead of the past, the proper connection will be preserved: for all grammarians know that the conjunction ו vau is often conversive, i.e., it turns the preterite tense of those verbs to which it is prefixed into the future, and the future into the preterite: this power it evidently has here; and joined with the last verse of the preceding chapter the connection will appear thus, Exo 36:30-35, etc.: The Lord hath called by name Be…

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John Gill on Exodus 36:1

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 und…

Dictionary and topics

Aholiab — Tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing materials for the tabernacle (Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23).
Aholiab · An artificer of the tabernacle — An artificer of the tabernacle
Bezalel · the tabernacle — the tabernacle
Genius · Mechani — Mechani
High Priest, The · Made by divine wisdom given to Bezaleel, & c — Made by divine wisdom given to Bezaleel, & c
Tabernacle · Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make — Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make
Wisdom · Of Bezaleel — Of Bezaleel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:1-7

Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:1

John Gill on Exodus 36:1

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:1-7

Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:1

John Gill on Exodus 36:1

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 36:1