Exodus 35:4

Willing Workers

35:4 Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, “This is the word that the Lord has commanded:

Exodus 40:23

40:23 And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.


sn The book now turns to record how all the work of the sanctuary was done. This next unit picks up on the ideas in Exod 31:1-11. But it adds several features. The first part is the instruction of God for all people to give willingly (35:4-19); the next section tells how the faithful brought an offering for the service of the tabernacle (35:20-29); the next section tells how God set some apart with special gifts (35:30-35), and finally, the narrative reports how the faithful people of God enthusiastically began the work (36:1-7).

tn Heb uses a cognate accusative construction, “he arranged the arrangement.”