Essay su Esodo 38:8
וַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת כַּנּ֣וֹ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת֙ הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽבְא֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ (ס)
E fece la conca di rame, ed il suo piedestallo di rame, cogli specchi delle donne, che recavansi a lavorare all’ingresso del padiglione di congregazione, [le quali, oltre all’opera loro, tributarono gli stessi loro specchi, fatti di lucente rame].
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
Only one line is used to record the making of the basin; the parallel account in 30:17–21 says much more about its function. There is a brief allusion in this verse about the “mirrors” which were the raw material for the basin; Cassuto (1967) sees this as a contemporary citing of what must have been a well-known tradition about the special contribution of the Israelite women, above and beyond the official contributions listed in Chap. 35.
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