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of heart to go through with it. The materials which the people had contributed were delivered by Moses to the workmen, Ex 36:3. They could not create a tabernacle, that is, make it out of nothing, nor work, unless they had something to work upon; the people therefore brought the materials and Moses put them into their hands. Precious souls are the materials of the gospel tabernacle; they are built up a spiritual house, 1Pe 2:5. To this end they are to offer themselves a free-will offering to the Lord, for his service (Ro 15:16), and they are then committed to the care of his ministers, as builders, to be framed and wrought upon by their edification and increase in holiness, till they all come, like the curtains of the tabernacle, in the unity of the faith, to be a holy temple, Eph 2:21,22,4:12,13.
Moses Restrains the People from Bringing Gifts
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted
man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
3 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.
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made;
5 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.
The contributions restrained. The people continued to bring free offerings every morning, Ex 36:3. Note, We should always make it our morning's work to bring our offerings unto the Lord; even the spiritual offerings of prayer and praise, and a broken heart surrendered entirely to God. This is that which the duty of every day requires. God's compassions are new every morning, and so must our duty to him be. Probably there were some that were backward at