King James Version
Exodus 35:4 in the King James Version says “And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded,...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,”
Exodus 35:4 · KJV
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. an: Heb. holiness
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine linen, and goats' hair,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“unto all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“This is the thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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