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Exodus 35:10-19 meaning
Moses then told the people to let every skillful man among you come. The phrase skillful man is literally "wisdom of heart," meaning one with artistic skill. These artists and craftsmen were needed to make all that the Lord has commanded.
The items that these craftsmen were to make are listed in verses 11 - 19. The first item mentioned was the tabernacle along with all the components—its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets.
Next, the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen, were items that would be placed in the Holy of Holies, the most sacred part of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:33f). The poles were for carrying the ark and the mercy seat during their journey to the Promised Land, and the curtain separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place inside the tabernacle.
The items listed next are the furniture and fixtures that would be in the Holy Place:
Then the items associated with the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle were listed:
Finally, the garments worn by the priests were listed:
All these instructions Moses gives the people are consistent with the instructions Moses received from God relating to how to build the tabernacle in chapters 25-31.