And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.

Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,

And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came, every man from his work which they wrought,

And all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the sanctuary, come each from his work which they are doing,

And all the wise men, that worked all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

The artisans were compelled by this to go

Venerunt itaque omnes sapientes qui faciebant omne opus sanctuarii, singuli ab opere quod faciebant:

And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,.... The ingenious artificers who were employed, some in one thing, and some in another, either on the tabernacle itself, or the vessels of it, and things appertaining to it:
came every man from his work which they made; left off their work by mutual consent and agreement, and came in a body to Moses.

Then the wise workmen came, every one from his work that they were making, and said to Moses, "Much make the people to bring, more than suffices for the labour (the finishing, as in Exodus 27:19) of the work," i.e., they are bringing more than will be wanted for carrying out the work (the מן in מדּי is comparative); whereupon Moses let the cry go through the camp, i.e., had proclamation made, "No one is to make any more property (מלאכה as in Exodus 22:7, Exodus 22:10, cf. Genesis 33:14) for a holy heave-offering," i.e., to prepare anything more from his own property to offer for the building of the sanctuary; and with this he put a stop to any further offerings.