Exodus 35:26

35:26 and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled ¹  spun goats’ hair.

Exodus 36:2

36:2 Moses summoned ²  Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom ³  the Lord had put skill – everyone whose heart stirred him ⁴  to volunteer ⁵  to do the work,

Exodus 35:21

35:21 Everyone ⁶  whose heart stirred him to action ⁷  and everyone whose spirit was willing ⁸  came and brought the offering for the Lord for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. ⁹ 

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¹ tn The text simply uses a prepositional phrase, “with/in wisdom.” It seems to be qualifying “the women” as the relative clause is.

² tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) plus the preposition “to” – “to call to” someone means “to summon” that person.

³ tn Here there is a slight change: “in whose heart Yahweh had put skill.”

⁴ tn Or “whose heart was willing.”

⁵ sn The verb means more than “approach” or “draw near”; קָרַב (qarav) is the word used for drawing near the altar as in bringing an offering. Here they offer themselves, their talents and their time.

⁶ tn Heb “man.”

⁷ tn The verb means “lift up, bear, carry.” Here the subject is “heart” or will, and so the expression describes one moved within to act.

⁸ tn Heb “his spirit made him willing.” The verb is used in Scripture for the freewill offering that people brought (Lev 7).

⁹ tn Literally “the garments of holiness,” the genitive is the attributive genitive, marking out what type of garments these were.