Exodus 28:3

And thou] the pron. is emphatic.

wise … wisdom of artistic cleverness or skill: cf. Exodus 31:3; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 35:25-26; Exodus 35:31; Exodus 36:1-2; Exodus 36:4; Exodus 36:8; Jeremiah 10:9 (-cunning": Heb. wise). The heart is with the Hebrews the seat not of feeling, as with us, but of understanding: Jeremiah 5:21 RVm., Hosea 4:11 RVm., Job 12:24, &c.

the spirit of wisdom i.e. an impulse and activity, instinct with wisdom (i.e., here, artistic skill): cf. Deuteronomy 34:9 (P), Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 28:6; and (in a bad sense) Isaiah 19:14; Isaiah 29:10; Hosea 4:12. Comp. on Exodus 31:3.

to sanctify him the investiture is a part of the consecration, Exodus 29:5 ff.