And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
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Gill's Exposition
And spice and oil,.... Such excellent spices and precious oil, pure oil olive, as the common people had not, and which they brought out of Egypt; the one was
for the light: for the light of the…
Barnes' Notes
The precious stones Exo 28:9 and spices were contributed by the rulers, who were more wealthy than the other Israelites.
Adam Clarke
The rulers brought onyx stones - These being persons of consequence, might be naturally expected to furnish the more scarce and costly articles. See how all join in this service! The men worked and…
Moses having made known to them the will of God, they went home and immediately put in practice what they had heard, Exo 35:20. O that every congregation would thus depart from the hearing of the word…
The contributions of the rulers(see on Exo 16:22); precious stones, spices, and oil (vv.9, 8 = Exo 25:7; Exo 25:6).