King James Version
Exodus 36:5 in the King James Version says “And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD co...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.”
Exodus 36:5 · KJV
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“than enough”
H1767enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
“of the work”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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