All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.
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.
- BSB And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat 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.
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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).
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Cross-references · 3
- Exod 35:21They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering, for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.
- Exod 35:29The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
- Exod 36:8All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made 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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