Êxodo 31:3 NVT

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 31:2-6

Exodus 31:2-6. See, I have called by name Bezaleel, &c.— Bezaleel and Aholiab, Exo 31:5 are particularly chosen (which is the meaning of the phrase calling by name, Isaiah 45:3.) as the principal artists, the chief directors and overseers of the work and the workmen who were under them. For an explanation of the phrase, I have filled him with the Spirit of God, &c. Exo 31:3 see note on ch. Exodus 28:3. It is not to be questioned, that the arts were carried to a great height at this time... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 31:3

3-5. I have filled him with the spirit of God—It is probable that he was naturally endowed with a mechanical genius, and had acquired in Egypt great knowledge and skill in the useful, as well as liberal, arts so as to be a first-class artisan, competent to take charge of both the plain and ornamental work, which the building of the sacred edifice required. When God has any special work to be accomplished, He always raises up instruments capable of doing it; and it is likely that He had given to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 31:1-11

9. The builders of the tabernacle 31:1-11Chapter 31 summarizes what God required for His people to approach Him. God appointed the men who would be responsible for interpreting Moses’ instructions about the tabernacle and constructing it. He filled them with His Spirit so they would make choices consistent with His will (Exodus 31:3).Bezalel ("In the shadow of God") was evidently Miriam’s grandson. [Note: Josephus, 3:6:1.] Oholiab ("The Father is my tent") was his assistant. God endowed both... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 31:1-18

The Appointment of Bezaleel and Aholiab. The Keeping of the Sabbath2. By name] indicating a very special call: cp. Exodus 33:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:3-4; John 10:3. Bezaleel] RV ’Bezalel’: see 1 Chronicles 2:18-20. For the identification of the grandfather of Bezaleel with the Hur of Exodus 17:10 there is nothing beyond the similarity of names. 3. See on Exodus 28:3. 4. To devise cunning works] Divine inspiration does not reduce man to a mere machine or passive instrument. It is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 31:1-11

XXXI.THE APPOINTMENT OF BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB.(1-11) The instructions needed for the making of the tabernacle, its furniture, and the priests’ dresses, were now complete. Moses was sufficiently informed, by what he had heard and seen, both as to the “Tent of Meeting” itself, and as to all its appurtenances and paraphernalia. But Moses was not himself an artist. Among the branches of knowledge comprised in his Egyptian education the skill of the artistic constructor had not been included. (See... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 31:3-4

(3-4) I have filled him with the spirit of God . . . to devise cunning works.—“Every good gift and every perfect gift (intellectual power no less than others) is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). Artistic ability is a Divine gift, a very precious gift, best employed in God’s direct service, and always to be employed in subordination to His will, as an improving, elevating, and refining—not as a corrupting—influence.In wisdom, and in understanding, and in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 31:1-18

Exodus 31:3-4 The ambition of art, to come ever nearer to a perfect work, is an evidence that the spirit of the Master-Artist stirs and quickens the human spirit. 'See, I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works.' In the spirit of God every art is latent.... Faith and art have all the sympathy of mother and child. Neither of them is content with nature's conditions. Faith discerns a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 31:1-18

CHAPTER XXXI.BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB.Exodus 31:1-18.Next after this marking off so sharply of the holy from the profane, this consecration of men to special service, this protection of sacred unguents and sacred gums from secular use, we come upon a passage curiously contrasted, yet not really antagonistic to the last, of marvellous practical wisdom, and well calculated to make a nation wise and great.The Lord announces that He has called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, and has filled him with... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 31:1-18

CHAPTER 31 The Workmen and the Sabbath 1. The workmen called (Exodus 31:1-11 ) 2. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 31:12-17 ) 3. Moses receives the tables of stone (Exodus 31:18 ) The call of the builders of the tabernacle follows the instructions. The plan and worship of the tabernacle was by divine appointment, only God could give such a plan foreshadowing the redemption work of His Son. To carry out this plan, the Lord called His own workmen by name and filled them with His Spirit,... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 31:3

31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of {b} workmanship,(b) This shows that handicrafts are the gifts of God’s spirit, and therefore ought to be esteemed. read more