Exodus 36:2
And when Moses had called them, and every skillful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom, and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque vocasset eos Moyses et omnem eruditum virum, cui dederat Dominus sapientiam, et qui sponte sua obtulerant se ad faciendum opus,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Μωσῆς Βεσελεὴλ καὶ Ἐλιὰβ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἔχοντας τὴν σοφίαν, ᾧ ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπιστήμην ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἑκουσίως βουλομένους προσπορεύεσθαι πρὸς τὰ ἔργα ὥστε συντελεῖν αὐτά·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶל בְּצַלְאֵ֘ל וְאֶל אָֽהֳלִיאָב֒ וְאֶל֙ כָּל אִ֣ישׁ חֲכַם לֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה חָכְמָ֖ה בְּלִבּ֑וֹ כֹּ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר נְשָׂא֣וֹ לִבּ֔וֹ לְקָרְבָ֥ה אֶל הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת אֹתָֽהּ
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Letter of Origen to Gregory
It is something of this sort perhaps that is enigmatically indicated in the directions God is represented in the Book of Exodus as giving to the children of Israel. They are directed to beg from their neighbours and from those dwelling in their tents vessels of silver and of gold, and raiment; thus they are to spoil the Egyptians, and to obtain materials for making the things they are told to provide in connection with the worship of God. For out of the things of which the children of Israel spoiled the Egyptians the furniture of the Holy of Holies was made, the ark with its cover, and the cherubim and the mercy-seat and the gold jar in which the manna, that bread of angels, was stored. …