Exodus 36:7
in Exodus 36since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
KJV
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
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This verse in Exodus 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseFor the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,.... The gold, silver, brass, and precious stones, the wood and yarn, which had been already brought in, were sufficient for everything they were ordered to make: and too much; a great deal more than would be used; much would remain after all was wrought: what was done with this is not said, whether it was returned to the people, or laid up for the use of the tabernacle and service, as might hereafter be wanted; which latter seems most probable.
This site's exposition
The people are bringing more than enough
on Exodus 36:5-7
Israel gives so much that the work has to be stopped, and a proclamation tells man and woman alike to bring no more. Four chapters earlier this same congregation handed its gold to Aaron and got a calf.
This site's exposition
more than enough to perform all the work
John Gill notes that the text leaves the offerings beyond what the work needed unaccounted for. They either went back to the people or were kept for the service of the sanctuary, and Gill leans to the second. Exodus 38:24-31 counts the gold, silver and bronze used in the work.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Had Moses aimed to enrich himself, he might have suffered them still to bring in their offerings; and when the work was finished might have taken the remainder to himself: but he also preferred the public before his own private interest, and was therein a good example to all in public trusts.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗ה | vehamelakhah | and the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| הָיְתָ֥ה | hayetah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דַיָּ֛ם | daiyam | sufficiency their | H1767 → | |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה | hamelakhah | the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ ס | vehoter | and it was more than enough | H3498 → | 106 times |
וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗הand the work
vehamelakhahH4399 →167 times
הָיְתָ֥הit was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
דַיָּ֛םsufficiency their
daiyamH1767 →
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הַמְּלָאכָ֖הthe work
hamelakhahH4399 →167 times
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ סand it was more than enough
vehoterH3498 →106 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
2 Chronicles 31:10and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there…
it leads to
- Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
- 1 Kings 2:35
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- Matthew 15:37
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- Haggai 2:18
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
- Malachi 3:10
Where this verse is studied
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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.