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Exodus 38:22

in Exodus 38

Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

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This verse in Exodus 38

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

This is the sum of the tabernacle

on Exodus 38:21-23

The metals given for the tabernacle are counted and the count is written into the record, taken by Ithamar under Moses' commandment. Bezaleel is named again as the man who made all that the LORD commanded, and Exodus 31:3 is the first place in Scripture that anyone is said to be filled with the Spirit of God, given for cutting stone, working metal and carving wood. He is of Judah and Aholiab is of Dan, so the work is not held by one tribe. The line about doing all that the LORD commanded Moses becomes the refrain of chapters 39 and 40, where it occurs thirteen times.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,.... Of whom and his descent see Exo 31:2. made all that the Lord commanded Moses; gave directions about them, and took care that the tabernacle and all things belonging to it were made, which the Lord commanded Moses, and in the exact manner in which they were ordered to be made.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Of this were made all the golden furniture and vessels. The silver was levied by way of tax; every man was assessed half a shekel, a kind of poll-money, which amounted in the whole to 100 talents, and 1775 shekels over,

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Scripture uses this expression because the term “Tabernacle” means the curtains of fine-twined linen, which are so called both when the command was given. And thou shalt make the Tabernacle of ten curtains (above,:1).
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Exodus 38:21:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבְצַלְאֵ֛לand Bezalel

    uvetzalelH1212 →9 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אוּרִ֥יUri

    ʾuriH221 →8 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • ח֖וּרHur

    churH2354 →15 times

  • לְמַטֵּ֣הof [the] tribe of

    lematehH4294 →252 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • עָשָׂ֕הhe made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • אֵ֛ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Matthew 28:20

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 41:10

      Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    • Acts 18:9–10

      One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

    • John 14:18–23

      I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

    • Psalms 46:7

      The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

  • Through

    Psalms 119:6

    Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 2:28

      And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

    • John 15:14

      You are My friends if you do what I command you.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 1:7

    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 3:27

      But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him…

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 38 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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