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Wisdom as Expert Skill
Commentators explain that spinning goats' hair was a highly specialized and difficult craft. The phrase 'in wisdom' refers to the exceptional skill and ingenuity these women possessed. They were not just performing a simple task, but using their expert-level talents to contribute to God's dwelling place.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 35:26
19th Century
Bishop
All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.—It would seem to have been more difficult to produce a thread from g…
John Gill
On Exodus 35:26
17th Century
Pastor
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom ,
&c.] To be ingenious in their business, and to study to do…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 35:20–29
17th Century
Minister
Without a willing mind, costly offerings would be abhorred; with it, the smallest will be accepted. Our hearts are willing, when we cheerfully assi…