Exodus 31:6

31:6 Moreover, ¹  I have also given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given ability to all the specially skilled, ²  that they may make ³  everything I have commanded you:

Exodus 36:1-2

36:1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person ⁴  in whom the Lord has put skill ⁵  and ability ⁶  to know how ⁷  to do all the work for the service ⁸  of the sanctuary are to do the work ⁹  according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

36:2 Moses summoned ¹⁰  Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom ¹¹  the Lord had put skill – everyone whose heart stirred him ¹²  to volunteer ¹³  to do the work,

Exodus 36:8

The Building of the Tabernacle

36:8 All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

[31:6]  ¹ tn The expression uses the independent personal pronoun (“and I”) with the deictic particle (“behold”) to enforce the subject of the verb – “and I, indeed I have given.”

[31:6]  ² tn Heb “and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom.”

[31:6]  ³ tn The form is a perfect with vav (ו) consecutive. The form at this place shows the purpose or the result of what has gone before, and so it is rendered “that they may make.”

[36:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “wise of [in] heart.”

[36:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “wisdom.”

[36:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “understanding, discernment.”

[36:1]  ⁷ tn The relative clause includes this infinitive clause that expresses either the purpose or the result of God’s giving wisdom and understanding to these folk.

[36:1]  ⁸ tn This noun is usually given an interpretive translation. B. Jacob renders the bound relationship as “the holy task” or “the sacred task” (Exodus, 1019). The NIV makes it “constructing,” so read “the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

[36:1]  ⁹ tn The first word of the verse is a perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it is singular because it agrees with the first of the compound subject. The sentence is a little cumbersome because of the extended relative clause in the middle.

[36:2]  ⁷ tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) plus the preposition “to” – “to call to” someone means “to summon” that person.

[36:2]  ⁸ tn Here there is a slight change: “in whose heart Yahweh had put skill.”

[36:2]  ⁹ tn Or “whose heart was willing.”

[36:2]  ¹⁰ sn The verb means more than “approach” or “draw near”; קָרַב (qarav) is the word used for drawing near the altar as in bringing an offering. Here they offer themselves, their talents and their time.