Exodus 36:3-6

36:3 and they received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to do ¹  the work for the service of the sanctuary, and they still continued to bring him a freewill offering each morning. ²  36:4 So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work ³  they were doing 36:5 and told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than ⁴  is needed for the completion ⁵  of the work which the Lord commanded us to do!” ⁶ 

36:6 Moses instructed them to take ⁷  his message ⁸  throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. ⁹ 

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¹ tn In the Hebrew text the infinitive “to do it” comes after “sanctuary”; it makes a smoother rendering in English to move it forward, rather than reading “brought for the work.”

² tn Heb “in the morning, in the morning.”

³ tn Heb “a man, a man from his work”; or “each one from his work.”

⁴ tn The construction uses the verbal hendiadys: מַרְבִּים לְהָבִיא (marbim lÿhavi’) is the Hiphil participle followed (after the subject) by the Hiphil infinitive construct. It would read, “they multiply…to bring,” meaning, “they bring more” than is needed.

⁵ tn Heb “for the service” (so KJV, ASV).

⁶ tn The last clause is merely the infinitive with an object – “to do it.” It clearly means the skilled workers are to do it.

⁷ tn The verse simply reads, “and Moses commanded and they caused [a voice] to cross over in the camp.” The second preterite with the vav may be subordinated to the first clause, giving the intent (purpose or result).

⁸ tn Heb “voice.”

⁹ tn The verse ends with the infinitive serving as the object of the preposition: “from bringing.”