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Exodus 35:27 Explained in Context
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Verse 27. 27And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
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Quick Meaning
In 35:27, “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” locates the verse inside “Women and Men Bring until There Is Enough” and clarifies what changes before the next line.
Read It With
- Exodus 35:20–29
Read Exodus 35:27 with 35:20–29. In 35:27, “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” locates the verse inside “Women and Men Bring until There Is Enough” and clarifies what changes before the next line. The whole unit shows: The congregation departs and returns with stirred hearts, jewelry, textiles, skins, metals, wood, spices, stones, and women's skilled spinning as freewill contributions.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Exodus 35:4–19 establishes the preceding movement: A willing offering of metals, textiles, skins, wood, oil, spices, and stones is paired with a call for skilled people to make every tent, furnishing, garment, and boundary. This unit fulfills that movement: The congregation departs and returns with stirred hearts, jewelry, textiles, skins, metals, wood, spices, stones, and women's skilled spinning as freewill contributions. At 35:27, the wording “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” makes this verse's contribution precise. In 35:27, “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” locates the verse inside “Women and Men Bring until There Is Enough” and clarifies what changes before the next line.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 35:27 contributes “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” to “Women and Men Bring until There Is Enough,” its proportionate enduring truth is: A shared sacred project depends on willing material generosity and named human skill, including work performed by women whose craft is part of the offering.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 35:27, the line “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate” serves this contextual meaning: The congregation departs and returns with stirred hearts, jewelry, textiles, skins, metals, wood, spices, stones, and women's skilled spinning as freewill contributions. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “Women and Men Bring until There Is Enough” is this: Make giving voluntary, publish what is needed, credit skilled labor by name and role, and stop requesting resources when the stated need is met.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 35:20–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
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Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 35:20–29
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NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
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Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 35:20–29
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