Bible Strands
Exodus 36:1
“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Moses commissioning Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled worker to execute the sanctuary construction immediately following God’s detailed architectural instructions.
The words — חֲכַם־ לֵב (chakham lev) literally means “skillful of heart,” identifying the specific divine capacity required to understand and carry out the work.
The thread — The pattern of God directly imparting wisdom to craftsmen for tabernacle service appears in Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:1, and Exodus 35:30.
Why it lands — It demands that the reader view competent service as a response to specific divine commands executed through divinely supplied ability, not human ambition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
Cross-references
- Exodus 28:3 You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
- Exodus 31:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Exodus 35:30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Exodus 25:8 And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 39:1 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Psalms 119:6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Hebrews 8:2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.