Gregory of Nyssa : "He was entrusted," he says, "with the construction of things by the Father." But if he had been talking about some artizan executing his work at the pleasure of his employer, would he not have used the same language? For we are not wrong in saying just the same of Bezaleel, that being entrusted by Moses with the building of the tabernacle, he became the constructor of those things there mentioned, and would not have taken the work in hand had he not previously acquired his knowledge by Divine inspiration, and ventured upon the undertaking on Moses' entrusting him with its execution. Accordingly the term "entrusted" suggests that His office and power in creation came to Him as something adventitious, in the sense that before He was entrusted with that commission He had neither the will nor the power to act, but when He received authority to execute the works, and power sufficient for the works, then He became the artificer of things that are, the power allotted to Him from on high being, as Eunomius says, sufficient for the purpose. — AGAINST EUNOMIUS 11.5 Augustine of Hippo : We already said in another place what we thought about what Moses says that God told him about Besalel. And he says it in another place with the same words as here: that God had filled him with the divine spirit of wisdom and intelligence and science to perform the works of the tabernacle related to the skill of the craftsmen. But I thought it appropriate to recall this same thing here, because it is not repeated in vain with the same words that the Lord had told Moses before. It is clear that here is mentioned in a new way the art of architecture of those who work gold and silver and any other metal, when it is usually called art of architecture related to the construction of buildings. 170 (Exodus 36.2.3). And to all those who would spontaneously want to go to work to do it. And they received from Moses all the offerings. Moses made known only the works that the Lord had commanded to be done, that is, the tabernacle with all the things that were in it and the priestly garments (Cf Exodus 35,10-18). But he mentioned some, of whom he said that they had been given the divine spirit to be able to do those works. And yet, it is evident that many came spontaneously to those works, because they did not receive any order or say that the Lord remembered their names to Moses. Therefore, they did not have this divine gift those solos whose names are expressly remembered, but perhaps they had it in a special and higher way. Well, in all these you have to praise the spirit, not dragged into work slavishly, but delivered freely and spontaneously. 171 (Exodus 36.4.5). It should be noted that those who are called wise artisans of the sanctuary were also wise because of their customs. As they were the ones who received everything the people offered thinking that it was necessary to perform all those works, and as they saw that the people offered more than what was needed, they warned Moses, and Moses through his town crier forbade the people to offer more things. They could, if they had wanted to, remove many things, but either moderation forbade it or religious scruples terrified them. — QUESTIONS ON EXODUS, Q. 169 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)