ויקהל, he assembled the people in order to collect the half shekel from all those who were of age. He also warned the people concerning the building of the Tabernacle.

לא תבערו אש, seeing that in connection with the festivals the Torah wrote that work in connection with the preparation of food was permitted on such days, meaning that the handling of fire was permitted. (Exodus 12.16) Moses had specifically permitted baking and cooking (Exodus 16,23). In view of this the Torah considered it as necessary to repeat the prohibition of handling fire on the Sabbath. If this kind of work was prohibited on the Sabbath, other work which was far less urgent was certainly prohibited also.

ולקטורת, you should bring various kinds of spices in order to prepare the incense.

לשרת בקודש, to cover the various furnishings of the Tabernacle during the periods the Israelites were traveling.

למלאכת אוהל מועד, the carpets of the Tabernacles and the dividing curtain.

לכל עבודתו, the curtains around the courtyard and the sacred vessels.

חכמת לב, a wise woman. When the word חכמת is vocalized with the chataf kametz, it is a noun. The word occurs in that sense in Kings I 5,10 חכמת מצרים.

בידיה טוו, each of these women spun with her own hands.

THEY SPUN. As in (Jud. 5:26), "Her hand reached for the tent pin" [Lit.: "Her [sing.] hand for the tent peg they stretched forth [plural]."]

והנשיאים הביאו את אבני השוהם, these were the gemstones on which the names of the tribes were inscribed.

ולשמן המשחה, the hin of pure olive oil.

ולהורותם, and to teach others.