Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 31:5
And in cutting of stones, to set [them], and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
5. for setting ] See Exo 25:7, Exo 28:17; Exo 28:20.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 5. In cutting of stones, &c.] Every thing that concerned the lapidary’s, jeweller’s, and carver’s art.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And in cutting of stones to set them,…. Not of marble stones, or of any common stones used in building, and the cutting and hewing of them to be laid therein, for of those there was no use in the tabernacle; but of precious stones, and the cutting of them, and setting of them in their ouches or enclosures, as the onyx stones on the shoulders of the high priest, and the twelve precious stones in his breastplate: Bezaleel was taught by the Spirit of God the art of jewelling, and instructed others in it:
and in carving of timber; or rather, “in cutting timber” o; for it is the same word as before, for we have no account of any carved work in the tabernacle; and therefore this must design the work of carpenters and joiners in cutting the shittim wood, making planks and boards of it, and of them the sides of the tabernacle, jointed into sockets; the ark of the testimony, the shewbread table, and altar of incense, which were of timber, and the workmanship of such persons:
to work in all manner of workmanship; in all other manufactories; as spinning, weaving, embroidery, dying various colours, compounding ointment, perfume, c.
o “in fabrefactione ligni”, Montanus so Tigurine version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set [them], and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Ver. 5. And in cutting of stones. ] Moses might well doubt where he should find fit workmen among those brick makers for Egypt.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 28:9-21
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 31:5. In cutting of stones That is, in cutting and setting the precious stones, and in graving on them what God commanded. In carving of timber Rather in cutting of timber, as the same word is rendered in the beginning of the verse; for we do not read of any carved work about the tabernacle.