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.
The talents God entrusts to us must not lie idle in a napkin but be traded with and put to work. Bezalel and his fellows wrought without delay because God had qualified them; yet even the qualified must wait for a regular call. Mark this: ability and willingness together fit a man for the Lord's service, not honor-seeking nor mere talk.
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Commenting on Exodus 36:1-7
Moses commanded a proclamation through the camp: let no man or woman prepare anything more for the sanctuary. Here was restraint laid upon liberality itself, a rare thing indeed, for most lack any spur to give at all; yet this people were so zealous and eager in the work that the offering had to be stopped.
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The skilled craftsmen left their work and came to Moses saying the people bring far more than suffices for the labor. So Moses had proclamation made forbidding anyone to prepare any more property for offering, and with that word he put a stop to all further gifts.
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Commenting on Exodus 36:4-6