Exodus 36:5
in Exodus 36and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.
KJV
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.
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This verse in Exodus 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe people bring much more than enough - With what a liberal spirit do these people bring their free-will offerings unto the Lords! Moses is obliged to make a proclamation to prevent them from bringing any more, as there was at present more than enough! Had Moses been intent upon gain, and had he not been perfectly disinterested, he would have encouraged them to continue their contributions, as thereby he might have multiplied to himself gold, silver, and precious stones.
This site's exposition
The people bring much more than enough
on Exodus 36:5-7
Israel gives so much that the work has to be stopped, and a proclamation goes through the camp telling man and woman alike to bring no more. Scripture records no second occasion where an offering is halted for excess. Four chapters earlier this same congregation handed its gold to Aaron and got a calf, and the book sets the two collections that close together and says nothing about the distance.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they spake unto Moses, saying,....
Those are the greatest cheats that cheat the public. If to murder many is worse than to murder one, by the same rule to defraud communities, and to rob the church or state, is a much greater crime than to pick the pocket of a single person.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לֵּאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַרְבִּ֥ים | marbim | [are] multiplying | H7235 → | 227 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לְהָבִ֑יא | lehavi' | to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִדֵּ֤י | midei | more than sufficiency of | H1767 → | |
| הָֽעֲבֹדָה֙ | haavodah | the service | H5656 → | 145 times |
| לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה | lamelakhah | for the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֥ה | tzivah | he has commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָֽהּ׃ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙and they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לֵּאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מַרְבִּ֥ים[are] multiplying
marbimH7235 →227 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
לְהָבִ֑יאto bring
lehavi'H935 →2568 times
מִדֵּ֤יmore than sufficiency of
mideiH1767 →
הָֽעֲבֹדָה֙the service
haavodahH5656 →145 times
לַמְּלָאכָ֔הfor the work
lamelakhahH4399 →167 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֥הhe has commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַעֲשֹׂ֥תto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָֽהּ׃<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 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
Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33
as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- Philippians 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- 2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
Through
2 Chronicles 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:13–14
However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the…
- Numbers 28:2–29
“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
- Proverbs 27:22
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- 2 Kings 12:13–14
Where this verse is studied
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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.