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Exodus 31:1
英文原文
Exodus 35:30-35. This solemn call of Bezaleel and Aholiab is full of instruction. Their work was to be only that of handicraftsmen. Still it was Yahweh Himself who called them by name to their tasks, and the powers which they were now called upon to exercise in their respective crafts, were declared to have been given them by the Holy Spirit. Thus is every effort of skill, every sort of well-ordered labor, when directed to a right end, brought into the very highest sphere of association.
There appears to be sufficient reason for identifying Hur, the grandfather of Bezaleel, with the Hur who assisted Aaron in supporting the hands of Moses during the battle with Amalek at Rephidim Exodus 17:10, and who was associated with Aaron in the charge of the people while Moses was on the mountain Exodus 24:14. Josephus says that he was the husband of Miriam. It is thus probable that Bezaleel was related to Moses. He was the chief artificer in metal, stone, and wood; he had also to perform the apothecary's work in the composition of the anointing oil and the incense Exodus 37:29. He had precedence of all the artificers, but Aholiab appears to have had the entire charge of the textile work Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23.
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Exodus 31:3
「智慧、聰明、知識」（Wisdom, understanding, Knowledge）——即我們在聖靈降臨日特別祈求的那「在凡事上的正確判斷」；知覺的能力；以及經驗——對事實的實際認識。
英文原文
Wisdom, understanding, Knowledge - Or, that "right judgment in all things" for which we especially pray on Whitsunday; the perceptive faculty; and experience, a practical acquaintance with facts.
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Exodus 31:4
「想出巧工」（To devise cunning works）——更恰當地作「設計巧技之作」。這希伯來片語與出二十六1中就紡織品所譯的「巧匠的工」並不相同。
英文原文
To devise cunning works - Rather, to devise works of skill. The Hebrew phrase is not the same as that rendered "cunning work" in respect to textile fabrics in Exodus 26:1.
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Exodus 31:10
「供職的衣服」（And the cloths of service）——更恰當地作「職任的衣裳」，即大祭司標示職任的服飾。本節所提的三種衣裳，似乎是聖所中獨有的僅有三種：
（一）大祭司華美隆重的禮服（見 Ex 28:6–38；Ex 39:1 及以下）。
（二）大祭司細麻白布的「聖衣」，在一年中最莊嚴的場合穿著（見 Ex 28:39；Le 16:4）。
（三）所有祭司的細麻白布衣裳，在例行職事中穿著（見 Ex 28:40–41）。
英文原文
And the cloths of service - Rather, And the garments of office; that is, the distinguishing official garments of the high priest. The three kinds of dress mentioned in this verse appear to be the only ones which were unique to the sanctuary. They were:
(1) The richly adorned state robes of the high priest (see Exodus 28:6-38; Exodus 39:1 following).
(2) the "holy garments" of white linen for the high priest, worn on the most solemn occasion in the year (see Exodus 28:39; Leviticus 16:4).
(3) the garments of white linen for all the priests, worn in their regular ministrations (see Exodus 28:40-41).
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Exodus 31:12
安息日的刑罰律法（Ex 35:2–3）。在第四誡中，守第七日的吩咐是對百姓的良心說的（見 Ex 20:8 註）；此處的目的，則是要宣告違犯這誡命為死罪。這兩段經文彼此的關係，類似 Le 18、Le 19 與 Le 20 之間的關係。看來這項刑罰法令特別是為建造會幕之事而作為一項提醒引入的，免得百姓因熱心於工程，竟受試探去干犯守這日的神聖律法。
英文原文
The penal law of the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2-3. In the fourth commandment the injunction to observe the seventh day is addressed to the conscience of the people (see Exodus 20:8 note): in this place, the object is to declare an infraction of the commandment to be a capital offence. The two passages stand in a relation to each other similar to that between Leviticus 18, Leviticus 19, and Leviticus 20. It seems likely that the penal edict was especially introduced as a caution in reference to the construction of the tabernacle, lest the people, in their zeal to carry on the work, should be tempted to break the divine law for the observance of the day.
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Exodus 31:14
見 Numbers 15:32-36。這裏指明了「從民中剪除」與「被治死」兩種說法在含義上的區別。被從民中剪除的人，是因自己的罪使自己置身於約的條款之外，成了失去法律保護之人。惟獨對這樣的人——而且只對這樣的人——當罪行影響民族福祉時（如本例所示），公共權力才可以處以死刑。
英文原文
See Numbers 15:32-36. The distinction between the meaning of the two expressions, "to be cut off from the people", and "to be put to death", is here indicated. He who was cut off from the people had, by his offence, put himself out of the terms of the covenant, and was an outlaw. On such, and on such alone, when the offence was one which affected the well-being of the nation, as it was in this case, death could be inflicted by the public authority.
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Exodus 31:17
便安息舒暢——直譯為「喘過氣來」。比較 Exodus 23:12; 2 Samuel 16:14。這字用於創造主，在全聖經中僅此一見，殊堪注意。
英文原文
Was refreshed - Literally, "he took breath". Compare Exodus 23:12; 2 Samuel 16:14. The application of the word to the Creator, which occurs nowhere else, is remarkable.
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Exodus 31:18
兩塊法版——見 Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:15。
那象徵耶和華與祂子民之約、並在蒙施恩座遮蓋時賦予聖所其意義的石版，如今按照 Exodus 24:12 的應許交在摩西手中。
有關建造聖所的歷史在此中斷，到 Exodus 35:1 才再接續。
英文原文
Two tables of testimony - See Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:15.
The tables of stone which represented the covenant between Yahweh and His people, and which, when covered with the mercy-seat were to give the sanctuary its significance, are now delivered to Moses in accordance with the promise in Exodus 24:12.
The history of what relates to the construction of the sanctuary is here interrupted, and is taken up again in Exodus 35:1.
出三十五30–35。比撒列與亞何利亞伯這莊嚴的蒙召，充滿教益。他們的工作不過是工匠的手藝。然而，是耶和華親自按名呼召他們擔任這些任務，而他們如今在各人本行所要運用的能力，更被宣告為聖靈所賜。如此，每一項運用技能的努力、每一種井然有序的勞作，只要指向正當的目的，便被帶入最高的聯屬範疇之中。
看來有充分理由可以認定：比撒列的外祖父戶珥，就是在利非訂與亞瑪力人爭戰時、扶著摩西之手的那位戶珥（出十七10），也是摩西上山時與亞倫一同受託管理百姓的那位戶珥（出二十四14）。約瑟夫說他是米利暗的丈夫。如此看來，比撒列很可能與摩西有親屬關係。他是金屬、石頭與木作的首席匠人；他還要負責香料師的工作，調製膏油與香（出三十七29）。他在眾匠人中居首，但紡織的工作似乎全由亞何利亞伯主管（出三十五35、三十八23）。