Footnotes

1. Exodus 36:2 tn The verb קָרָא (qaraʾ) plus the preposition “to”—“to call to” someone means “to summon” that person.
2. Exodus 36:2 tn Here there is a slight change: “in whose heart Yahweh had put skill.”
3. Exodus 36:2 tn Or “whose heart was willing.”
4. Exodus 36:2 sn The verb means more than “approach” or “draw near”; קָרַב (qarav) is the word used for drawing near the altar as in bringing an offering. Here they offer themselves, their talents and their time.
5. Exodus 36:3 tn In the Hebrew text the infinitive “to do it” comes after “sanctuary”; it makes a smoother rendering in English to move it forward, rather than reading “brought for the work.”
6. Exodus 36:3 tn Heb “in the morning, in the morning.”
7. Exodus 36:4 tn Heb “a man, a man from his work”; or “each one from his work.”