Keluaran 6:8

6:8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give ¹  to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob – and I will give it to you ²  as a possession. I am the Lord!’”

Keluaran 36:1

36:1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person ³  in whom the Lord has put skill ⁴  and ability ⁵  to know how ⁶  to do all the work for the service ⁷  of the sanctuary are to do the work ⁸  according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

[6:8]  ¹ tn Heb “which I raised my hand to give it.” The relative clause specifies which land is their goal. The bold anthropomorphism mentions part of an oath-taking ceremony to refer to the whole event and reminds the reader that God swore that he would give the land to them. The reference to taking an oath would have made the promise of God sure in the mind of the Israelite.

[6:8]  ² sn Here is the twofold aspect again clearly depicted: God swore the promise to the patriarchs, but he is about to give what he promised to this generation. This generation will know more about him as a result.

[36:1]  ³ tn Heb “wise of [in] heart.”

[36:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “wisdom.”

[36:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “understanding, discernment.”

[36:1]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ 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.