Exodus 36:4-5 - Exposition

At last, remonstrance had to be made. The workmen were cumbered with an overplus of material—an embarras de richesses —and came in a body to Moses, to make complaint. All the wise men came, every man from his work, with the cry " The people bring much more than enough— we are hampered in our work by the too great abundance—let an end be put to it."