John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:2
Speak unto the children of Israel ,.... That is, when he should go down from the mountain to the camp: that they bring me an offering ; the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call it a "separation": something separated from their substance, and devoted to the service of God, and for the use of the sanctuary afterwards to be built: of every man that giveth it willingly, with his heart, ye shall take my offering ; or take what was offered to him, be it more or less, and of whatsoever... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 25:1-9
We may suppose that when Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and abode there so long, where the holy angels attended the shechinah, or divine Majesty, he saw and heard very glorious things relating to the upper world, but they were things which it was not lawful nor possible to utter; and therefore, in the records he kept of the transactions there, he says nothing to satisfy the curiosity of those who would intrude into the things which they have not seen, but writes that only which he was... read more