Exodus 36:20

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 36:1-38

FOURTH DIVISIONThe building of the tabernacle. The house of the redeemer and lawgiver, the residence of the king of Israel; or the erection of the tent of meetingExodus 35-40FIRST SECTIONSummons to Build and to Furnish Voluntarily the Building MaterialsExodus 35:1-191And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 36:1-38

The account of the actual presentation of the offerings to the company of workers inspired of God to use them is full of beauty. All the people offered, but a select number were commissioned for the actual work. These were such as were wise and understanding of heart a fitness which came as a direct gift of God. The earnestness of the people at this point is made supremely apparent in that they offered more than was needed; indeed, "much more" is the actual word of Scripture. The work now... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:20-35

The Framework For The Sanctuary Which Will Support The Curtains (Exodus 36:20-34 ). Exodus 36:20-34 ‘And he made the frames for the Dwellingplace, of acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. Each frame had two tenons, joined one to another. Thus did he make for all the frames for the Dwellingplace. And he made the frames for the Dwellingplace: twenty frames for the south side southward. And he made forty sockets of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:1-38

Exodus 35:30 to Exodus 36:7 P s. The Craftsmen and their Supplies.— The first paragraph (to Exodus 36:1) describes the call of Bezalel and Oholiab ( cf. Exodus 31:2 ff.). The second ( Exodus 36:2-Judges :) relates, with a glowing idealisation of the conditions of that golden age, how the craftsmen had to restrain the givers from bringing too much. Exodus 36:8-Zechariah : P s. The Tent.— This section comes first instead of following the account of its contents as in Exodus 36:26. The... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 36:1-38

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 36:1. According to all that the Lord had commanded]. “Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man” (Exodus 36:2) were not permitted to indulge in using their artistic skill in working things of an arbitrary kind, but were restricted to work only such things as they were commanded. The nature of these instructions which restricted the sphere in which they might employ their skill, but yet within an assigned sphere, allowed them the amplest scope for the exercise of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Exodus 36:20

shittim i.e. acacia. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 36:1-38

Chapter 36Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and wise hearted, in whom the LORD had put the wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put the wisdom, even everyone whose heart had stirred him up to come to work to do it ( Exodus 36:1-2 ):So again it was God stirring up people's hearts to come and do the work. Every fellow that just felt, "Oh man,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 36:1-38

Exodus 36:1. The sanctuary; that is, the whole of the tabernacle. Exodus 36:8. Cherubims, or Cherubim. The term signifies an expanse of knowledge. They were made in the figure of young men, with extended wings; so that standing, one on each end of the ark, the extremity of one wing touched the extremity of the other. Exodus 36:14-15 . Goats’ hair eleven curtains, forty five feet in length, and six in breadth. These were very strong, and were covered with rams’ skins dyed red,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 36:1-38

Exodus 36:1-38Every wise-hearted man in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work.Consecrated artDannecker, the German sculptor, occupied eight years upon a marble statue of Christ. He believed then, and ever afterward, that he had been inspired of God to do that thing. He thought that he had seen a vision of Christ in his solitary vigils. He had but transferred to the marble the image that the Lord had shown to him. His rising fame attracted the attention of Napoleon, and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 36:20

boards: Exodus 26:15-Lamentations :, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:19 shittim wood: Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:10, Numbers 25:1, Deuteronomy 10:3 Reciprocal: Exodus 36:21 - The length Numbers 3:36 - under the custody and charge read more

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