And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
- KJV And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
- NKJV And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats’ hair.
- NASB And all the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair.
- NLT All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.
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Quick answer
Women whose hearts were stirred in wisdom spin the goats' hair for the work.
Overview
Moved by willing hearts and skill, these women prepare even the coarse goats' hair used for the tabernacle's covering. Their eager, wise service complemented the men's labor. The repeated emphasis on a stirred heart shows that acceptable service springs from inward devotion God Himself awakens (Exodus 35:21).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 35:21And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
- Exod 35:29So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
- Exod 36:8All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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