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5And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

Exodus 31:5

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

A great deal of fine work God had ordered to be done about the tabernacle; the materials the people were to provide, but who must put them into form? Moses himself was learned in all the learning of the Egyptians, nay, he was well acquainted with the words of God, and the visions of the Almighty; but he knew not how to engrave or embroider. We may suppose that there were some very ingenious men am…

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