Exodus 31:4

31:4 to make artistic designs ¹  for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,

Exodus 35:32-33

35:32 to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, 35:33 and in cutting stones for their setting, ²  and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft. ³ 

Exodus 35:35

35:35 He has filled them with skill ⁴  to do all kinds of work ⁵  as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are ⁶  craftsmen in all the work ⁷  and artistic designers. ⁸ 

[31:4]  ¹ tn The expression is לַחְשֹׁב מַחֲשָׁבֹת (lakhshov makhashavot, “to devise devices”). The infinitive emphasizes that Bezalel will be able to design or plan works that are artistic or skillful. He will think thoughts or devise the plans, and then he will execute them in silver or stone or whatever other material he uses.

[35:33]  ² tn Heb “to set.”

[35:33]  ³ tn Heb “in every work of thought,” meaning, every work that required the implementation of design or plan.

[35:35]  ³ tn The expression “wisdom of heart,” or “wisdom in heart,” means artistic skill. The decisions and plans they make are skilled. The expression forms a second accusative after the verb of filling.

[35:35]  ⁴ tn The expression “all the work” means “all kinds of work.”

[35:35]  ⁵ tn Here “They are” has been supplied.

[35:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “doers of all work.”

[35:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “designers of designs.”