Exodus 35:22

The offering of menand womenalike; viz. gold (v.6; Exodus 25:3), in various forms.

brooches Heb. ḥâḥ, elsewhere a -hook" for the jaw (Ezekiel 29:4), or nose (2 Kings 19:28).

earrings or nose-rings. See on Exodus 32:2.

armlets marg., necklaces: the precise meaning is uncertain. Heb. kûmâz, only besides Numbers 31:50.

all jewels of gold more clearly, -(even) every jewel of gold."

and every man that waved a wave-offering of gold unto Jehovah (brought it)] cf. vv.23 end, 24 end. The rend, -even" is impossible, besides yielding a wrong sense: the reference in this clause is not to those who brought brooches, and earrings, &c., but to such as brought gold in any form, probably, in particular, ingots. -Wave" and -wave-offering" are used here, not in their proper sense (see on Exodus 29:24) of a ceremony implying that the object -waved" is given ultimately to the priests, but in a weakened and later sense of present, presentation: so Exodus 38:24; Exodus 38:29; Numbers 18:11.