Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 36

1 THen wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner of work, for the service of the sanctuary , according to all that the LORD had commanded.

Or, of the holy place, to wit, of the Tabernacle, so called by a Prolepsis, and Synecdoche.

2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up, to come unto the work to do it.

God had qualified them before, but that is not sufficient without a call.

3 And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning .

Which time they chose as the first and best part of the day, and therefore fittest for Gods service.

6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work, for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing.

For the women did part of this work as well as the men-See Exod. 35. 25.

14 And he made curtains of goats hair, for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them.

(i. e.) For the outward covering of the Tabernacle. See Exod. 35. 11.

35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

To wit, the second vail, which separated between the Holy place, and the Holy of holies, because the first vail is described, ver. 37.

Marginal references: chap. 26. 31.

37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of needle-work.

Which divided the Holy place from the Court.

Marginal references: chap. 26. 36.; Heb. the work of a needle-worker or [illegible: 1 word].

38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters, and their fillets with gold , but their five sockets were of brass.

Whereas the pillars are said to be overlaid with gold, Exod. 26. 37. that hence appears to be a Synecdochical expression, in regard the tops and knobs of the pillars were wholly overlaid with gold, and the rest of the pillars, adorned with divers golden girdles or hoops: for that place is in all reason to be explained by this as coming after it, and containing the execution of that prescript, and that more particularly than is there expressed.