Kommentar zu Schemot 36:3

AND THEY TOOK FROM BEFORE MOSES ALL THE OFFERING. In one day they brought all this donation to the Tent of Meeting where Moses was,⁴⁵See above, 33:7. and the wise men took it from Moses on that very same day and on the following day, early in the morning. On the second day, too, the people still continued to bring the donation to Moses’ tent and he commanded them to bring it to the craftsmen, until they told him that the people bring much more;⁴⁶Verse 5. thus there was sufficient [for all the work to make it], and too much.⁴⁷Verse 7. The surplus, however, was not a sufficiently important amount to warrant Moses’ telling in the section of Eileh Pekudei what they did with it. Perhaps it remained in the tent to repair the breaches of the Tabernacle, or to make with it vessels used in the Tabernacle service, as they used to do with the surpluses in the Sanctuary.⁴⁸Shekalim 4:4. Scripture mentions, the people bring much more than enough,⁴⁶Verse 5. in order to praise the people who brought with such generosity, and to glorify the wise men for their honesty. The one who was in charge principally over them [namely Moses], also comes in for praise for having caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp⁴⁹Verse 6. that the people should stop bringing, telling us that he had no desire for their silver and gold, as do other rulers over peoples, in a similar way to that which it says, I have not taken one ass from them.⁵⁰Numbers 16:15.

והם הביאו אליו עוד נדבה בבוקר בבוקר, and they kept bringing further donations to him morning after morning. This refers to the materials used in the Tabernacle such as fabrics which had been woven or spun out of blue wool, goats' hair, etc. All the items which could not be used in their original form were delivered in a condition that enabled them to be used forthwith. This is why it took several days for such donations to have been completed. Donations such as gold, silver, etc., were all delivered on the very first day.

ויקחו מלפני משה, “They took from Moses’ presence, etc.” The people had brought their contributions to Moses’ tent from where the artisans had taken whatever it was they required on the day that he had received them. He had given orders immediately to transfer the various materials to the artisans qualified to convert them into parts for the Tabernacle. Upon receiving these contributions the artisans sent word to Moses immediately that they had received more than they needed for their part of the work. The Torah did not spell out the amount of the excess materials donated. It was not of historic significance for subsequent generations to know the margin by which the contributions to the Tabernacle had been oversubscribed. Neither was it historically interesting to record what had been done with the excess materials. Possibly, they were used in repairs from time to time, and possibly some materials were used as auxiliary sacred vessels.

Kap. 36. V. 3. מלפני משה: Mosche repräsentierte die nationale Gesamtheit. Ihm brachte jeder einzelne seine Spende. Dadurch מסרה לצבור, hatte er sie der Nation übergeben. Sie war fortan nicht mehr Privateigentum, sondern Eigentum der Nation, und nur aus nationalem Gute durfte das Heiligtum erbaut werden. (Siehe Kap. 25, 2.)