Exodus 35:25
in Exodus 35Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
KJV
And all the women that were wise hearted 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.
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This verse in Exodus 35
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAll the women that were wise-hearted did spin - They had before learned this art, they were wise-hearted; and now they practice it, and God condescends to require and accept their services. In building this house of God, all were ambitious to do something by which they might testify their piety to God, and their love for his worship. The spinning practiced at this time was simple, and required little apparatus. It was the plain distaff or twirling pin, which might be easily made out of any wood they met with in the wilderness.
This site's exposition
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin
on Exodus 35:25-26
The women's work is recorded twice and by its craft, spinning the blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen, then spinning goats' hair. Those are the two innermost coverings of chapter 26, the linen curtains worked with cherubims and the tent of goats' hair laid over them, so the fabric of the dwelling place came off their distaffs. The same wise hearted that verse 10 used of the workmen is used of them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): The women did spin with their hands. Some spun fine work, of blue and purple; others coarse work, of goats' hair, and yet theirs also is said to be done in wisdom,
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The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אִשָּׁ֥ה | ʾishah | woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| חַכְמַת־ | chakhmat- | skillful of | H2450 → | 138 times |
| לֵ֖ב | lev | heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| בְּיָדֶ֣יהָ | beyadeiha | with hands her | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| טָו֑וּ | tavu | they spun | H2901 → | |
| וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ | vaiyaviu | and they brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מַטְוֶ֗ה | matveh | that which was spun | H4299 → | |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ | hatekhelet | the violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן | haargaman | the purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תּוֹלַ֥עַת | tolaat | [the] scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| הַשָּׁנִ֖י | hashani | the scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ | hashesh | the fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אִשָּׁ֥הwoman
ʾishahH802 →781 times
חַכְמַת־skillful of
chakhmat-H2450 →138 times
לֵ֖בheart
levH3820 →595 times
בְּיָדֶ֣יהָwith hands her
beyadeihaH3027 →1618 times
טָו֑וּthey spun
tavuH2901 →
וַיָּבִ֣יאוּand they brought
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
מַטְוֶ֗הthat which was spun
matvehH4299 →
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙the violet stuff
hatekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ןthe purple
haargamanH713 →38 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תּוֹלַ֥עַת[the] scarlet stuff of
tolaatH8438 →43 times
הַשָּׁנִ֖יthe scarlet
hashaniH8144 →42 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃the fine linen
hasheshH8336 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
it leads to
- Proverbs 31:10–31
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Proverbs 24:3–4
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
- Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Ruth 4:11
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel.…
- Proverbs 31:10–31
Through
Philippians 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in…
it leads to
- Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
- Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was…
- Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
- Revelation 3:5
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Exodus
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.