EXO 35

Exodus 35:33

WEB

in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

BSB

to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

KJV

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

Matthew Henry

Verses 30–35

Exodus 35:30–35

Here is the divine appointment of the master-workmen, that there might be no strife for the office, and that all who were employed in the work might take direction from, and give account to, these general inspectors; for God is the God of order and not of confusion. Observe, 1. Those whom God called by name to this service he filled with the Spirit of God, to qualify them for it, Exo 35:30, Exo 35:31. Skill in secular employments is God's gift, and comes from above, Jam 1:17. From him the faculty is, and the improvement of it. To his honour therefore all knowledge must be devoted, and we must study how to serve him with it. The work was extraordinary which Bezaleel was designed for, and therefore he was qualified in an extraordinary manner for it; thus when the apostles were appointed to be master-builders in setting up the gospel tabernacle they were filled with the Spirit of God in wisdom and understanding. 2. The were appointed, not only to devise, but to work (Exo 35:32), to work all manner of work, Exo 35:35. Those of eminent gifts, that are capable of directing others, must not thing that these will excuse them in idleness. Many are ingenious enough in cutting out work for other people, and can tell what this man and that man should do, but the burdens they ind on others they themselves will not touch with one of their fingers. These will fall under the character of slothful servants. 3. They were not only to devise and work themselves, but they were to teach others, Exo 35:34. Not only had Bezaleel power to command, but he was to take pains to instruct. Those that rule should teach; and those to whom God had given knowledge should be willing to communicate it for the benefit of others, not coveting to monopolize it.

Cross-references: Exod 35:30 · Exod 35:31 · Jas 1:17 · Exod 35:32 · Exod 35:35 · Exod 35:34

Hebrew interlinear

H2799

חֲרֹשֶׁתchărôsheth/khar-o'-sheth/

n-f — work

Derivation: from 2790;

mechanical work

KJV: carving, cutting.

חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת

n.f — carving

חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת n.f. carving, skilful working

H68

אֶבֶןʼeben/eh'-ben/

n-f — stone

Derivation: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build;

a stone

KJV: carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

אֶ֫בֶן

n.f — stone

אֶ֫בֶן 274 n.f. stone

1. in natural state

2. stone, as material

3. precious stone, gen. with modifying word

4. stone containing metal, = ore

5. a weight, as orig. stone

6. plummet

7. objects like stone

8. in sim. (mostly poet.) of sinking in water

9. In topogr. terms

H4390

מָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/

v — fill, be full of

Derivation: or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root;

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

KJV: accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, × draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, have wholly.

מָלֵא

vb — be full

מָלֵא 249 vb. be full, fill

Qal 99

1. be full, usu. c. acc. material

2. trans. fill

Niph.

1. be filled

2. be accomplished, ended

Pi.

1. fill

2. special uses are:

3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, obj. week, year, day

Pu. filled

Hithp. mass themselves against me

H6086

עֵץʻêts/ates/

n-m — tree, wood

Derivation: from 6095;

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

KJV: carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

עֵץ

n.m — tree

עֵץ 329 n.m. tree, trees, wood

1. (c. 150 t.)

a. a standing tree

b. coll. trees

2. (c. 175 t.; c. 120 t. pl., to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)

H6213

עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/

v — do, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

עָשָׂה

vb — do

עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make

Qal 2524

I.

1. do (1560 t.)

2. deal with

3. oft. in phr. do kindness with

4. abs. act, act with effect

II.

1. make (670 t.)

2. produce, yield

3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food

4. make offering

5. attend to, put in order

6. observe, celebrate, religious festival

7. acquire property of various kinds

8. appoint priests

9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance

10. use

11. spend, pass, days of life

Niph. 97

1. be done

2.

a. be made, of concr. things

b. be produced from vine

c. be prepared, of food

d. be offered

e. be observed, passover

f. be used

Pu. I was made

עָשָׂה

vb — press

[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H4399

מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâh/mel-aw-kaw'/

n-f — deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

Derivation: from the same as 4397;

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

KJV: business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

מְלָאכָה

n.f — occupation

מְלָאכָה 167 n.f. occupation, work

1. occupation, business

2. property in which one is occupied

3. work as something done or made

4. workmanship

5. service, use

6. public business

H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh/makh-ash-aw-baw'/

n-f — contrivance, texture, machine, intention, plan

Derivation: or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from 2803;

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

KJV: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

מַחֲשָׁבָה

n.f — thought

מַחֲשָׁבָה n.f. thought, device

1. thought

2. device, plan, purpose

3. invention

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