^35:25Every woman who was skilled³³ spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, ^35:26and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled³⁴ spun goats’ hair.

^35:27The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted³⁵ for the ephod and the breastpiece, ^35:28and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

^35:29The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through³⁶ Moses had commanded them³⁷ to do.

^35:30Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen³⁸ Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ^35:31He has filled him with the Spirit of God—with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work, ^35:32to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, ^35:33and in cutting stones for their setting,³⁹ and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.⁴⁰^35:34And he has put it in his heart⁴¹ to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ^35:35He has filled them with skill⁴² to do all kinds of work⁴³ as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are⁴⁴ craftsmen in all the work⁴⁵ and artistic designers.⁴⁶

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Footnotes

33 Heb “wisdom of heart,” which means that they were skilled and could make all the right choices about the work.
34 The text simply uses a prepositional phrase, “with/in wisdom.” It seems to be qualifying “the women” as the relative clause is.
35 Heb “and stones of the filling.”
36 Heb “by the hand of.”
37 Here “them” has been supplied.
38 Heb “called by name” (so , , , ). This expression means that the person was specifically chosen for some important task (S. R. Driver, Exodus, ). See the expression with Cyrus in Isa 45:3–4.
39 Heb “to set.”
40 Heb “in every work of thought,” meaning, every work that required the implementation of design or plan.
41 The expression means that God has given them the ability and the desire to teach others how to do the work. The infinitive construct “to teach” is related to the word Torah, “instruction, guide, law.” They will be able to direct others in the work.
42 The expression “wisdom of heart,” or “wisdom in heart,” means artistic skill. The decisions and plans they make are skilled. The expression forms a second accusative after the verb of filling.
43 The expression “all the work” means “all kinds of work.”
44 Here “They are” has been supplied.
45 Heb “doers of all work.”
46 Heb “designers of designs.”