Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 35:10
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
10. wise hearted ] i.e. skilled: see on Exo 28:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
10 19. All skilled workmen among the people invited to assist in the task of making the objects prescribed. There is nothing in chs. 25 31 corresponding to this invitation: Exo 28:3 relates to the priestly vestments alone. The enumeration of things to be made begins with the Dwelling, and then proceeds in order from the Holy of holies to the Court, ending with the vestments for the priests.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. Every skilful artist; for though God had prescribed the things, yet it required wisdom and skill to execute what God commanded.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And every wise hearted among you shall come,…. Every ingenious man, that is skilful in any mechanic art and business, who has a peculiar turn of mind, and employs his thoughts to improve, in a curious manner, in whatsoever manufactory he is concerned, every such an one is invited by Moses to come to him:
and make all the Lord hath commanded, the particulars of which follow.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
10. And every wise-hearted among you. Thus he denominates the artificers, who excelled in shrewdness of intellect, and so, after having commanded them severally of their private means to supply the materials, he now exhorts others to contribute their industry for shaping and joining them together. He then briefly enumerates the parts of the Tabernacle, a longer explanation of which will be seen in chapter 26. This is, therefore, a kind of epitome of all those things, of which he before spoke more in full, since it was necessary to spur them on afresh to the performance of what they had been clearly instructed in. For we know that instruction is very often coldly received without the addition of exhortations. It might indeed seem strange, (133) how so much wealth could be possessed by a miserably pillaged people, and long driven to servile work; unless it may be inferred from the abundance which is here described, that they were incredibly enriched at their departure from Egypt by the booty which God gave them. The kingdom of Egypt was very wealthy; and its people, as we know, had always been devoted to pleasures and luxuries. What, then, they had accumulated by their rapacity in many years, flowed away from them by the secret influence of God, when they were suddenly made prodigal. But, just as He had blinded the Egyptians, that they should profusely give all they had, so He now directed the minds and hearts of His people, that, mindful of so great a benefit, they should willingly expend, at His command, what they had obtained of His mere grace.
(133) “Particular stress is laid on the contrast, which the condition of the Israelitish nation at that time presents to the splendor and speedy completion of the tent. That tent was certainly splendid, but, in point of fact, exceedingly simple in its construction. If we compare it with the monuments of Egyptian architecture, its relative simplicity must strike us in a much greater degree. As to the materials that were required for it, it admits of proof that the Israelites might well have been possessed of them at that time. The wilderness even might supply them with many of these things. With respect to other things, the metals, precious stones, etc, we must keep in view the condition of a people that had just come out of Egypt. History describes that country as having mercantile transactions with Asia, even from the earliest times. The people had acquired property, in part at least, in Egypt; the description in Exo 32:0, leaves us no doubt as to the possessions, and even wealth, that they had gained there. They had not gone out of Egypt empty-handed, but richly provided with silver and gold, Exo 12:36. — “Havernick, Introd. to Pentat. Edin., 1850, pp. 284-285.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(10-19) And every wise hearted among you.The first appeal is to all; all may contribute something towards the materials of the sacred structure. But the second appeal is to some only. The wise-hearted alone can take part in the actual construction, and make all that the Lord hath commanded. On the expression wise hearted, see Note on Exo. 28:3. It includes skill of various kinds and degrees, even that of poor women, who did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen (Exo. 35:25). In enumerating the things to be constructed, Moses follows, not the order of the revelations made to him, but what may be called the natural order: first, the Tabernacle as a whole; then its various parts (Exo. 35:11); after this, its contentsthose of the Holy of Holies (Exo. 35:12), of the Holy Place (Exo. 35:13-15), and of the Court (Exo. 35:16-18); finally, the dress to be worn by those who conducted the services (Exo. 35:19). On the Tabernacle and its parts, see Exo. 26:1-37; on the Ark, the staves, and the mercy-seat, Exo. 25:10-15; on the veil of the covering, Exo. 26:31; on the table and the candlestick, Exo. 25:23-30; on the incense altar, Exo. 30:1-10; on the anointing oil, Exo. 30:23-25; on the sweet incense, Exo. 30:34-35; on the hanging for the door, Exo. 26:36; on the altar of burnt offering, Exo. 27:1-8; on the laver and its foot, Exo. 30:17-21; on the hangings of the Court, its pillars, sockets, pins, &c., Exo. 27:9-19; and on the cloths of service, Exo. 28:2-42. (On the true meaning of the expression, cloths of service, see Note on Exo. 31:10.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. Wise hearted See note on Exo 28:3.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The Skilled Workmen Are Called To Assist ( Exo 35:10-19 ).
Exo 35:10-19
‘And let every skilled (‘wise-hearted’) man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded, the Dwellingplace, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the Ark, and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the Veil of the screen; the Table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; the Lampstand also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense, and its staves; and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; and the screen for the door, at the door of the Dwellingplace; the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels; the laver and its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; the pegs of the Dwellingplace, and the pegs of the court, and their cords; the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron ‘the priest’, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.’
The skilled craftsmen were to bring their skills freely and make the different furniture and components of the Dwellingplace which Yahweh had commanded. For details of these see on Exo 25:10 to Exo 28:43. Note that the order in which they are mentioned goes from the Holy of Holies to the outer court depending on the level of holiness. This order differs from that in Exodus 25-30 because the intention is different. There the aim was to present first the details of the means by which Yahweh approached His people, followed then by the means by which they approached Yahweh. Here it is in levels of holiness. We should note that in making this furniture they were not following their own likes and dislikes, but only concerned to do His will.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
wise hearted. See note on Exo 35:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 31:1-6, Exo 36:1-4
Reciprocal: Exo 31:6 – wise hearted Exo 36:2 – in whose Exo 36:8 – wise Exo 39:42 – made
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
35:10 And every wise {b} hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
(b) See Exo 28:3.