27And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
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Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-29)Moses having made known to them the will of God, they went home and immediately put in practice what they had heard, Exod. 35:20. O that every congregation would thus depart from the hearing of the word of God, with a full resolution to be doers of the same ! Observe here, I. The offerings that were brought for the service of the tabernacle (Exod. 35:21), concerning which many things may be noted.…
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