Exodus 35:20
in Exodus 35Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
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This verse in Exodus 35
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
departed from the presence of Moses
on Exodus 35:20-22
They go back to their tents and return carrying bracelets, earrings, rings and tablets of gold. Exodus 32:2-3 has the same people breaking off the same golden earrings and handing them to Aaron, and what came out of that was a calf. The metal is the same metal and the giving is as ready in both places, and this chapter records the second occasion without mentioning the first. The text says the heart stirred him up and the spirit made him willing, and it uses no word of compulsion anywhere in the chapter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. After they had heard what Moses was ordered to propose unto them, they immediately went to their tents, and fetched what they had with them, or were willing to part with, and brought it directly as a freewill offering to the Lord; as Exo 35:21 shows: from hence, Aben Ezra observes, we may learn, that the whole congregation of Israel came to the tabernacle, company after company.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ | vaiyetzeu | and they went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲדַ֥ת | ʾadat | [the] congregation of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֥י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מֹשֶֽׁה׃ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּand they went out
vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲדַ֥ת[the] congregation of
ʾadatH5712 →149 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִלִּפְנֵ֥יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.