Augustine of Hippo : When Moses came down from the mountain and came to the children of Israel, bringing other tables of the law, covered his face with a veil because of the radiance that radiated his face, which the children of Israel could not see, he said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded to do. It is set ambiguously if faceré ea (doing things) refers to the Lord or to them. But it is clear that it refers to them. Well it is God who sent what they had to do. But perhaps these words were put so that they could be interpreted in a double sense. That is to say, that the Lord does things when he helps those who do them, according to the words of the Apostle: With fear and trembling work for your salvation; for God is the one who works in you to will and to act, according to his good will (Philip 2,12.13). 168 (Exodus 35.24). All those who brought an offering presented silver and bronze as offerings to the Lord. It is as if he said: "everyone who took, brought this or that, among other things that said, mentioning silver and bronze." The Latin translators translated without doubt by demtionem (offering) the Greek word afairema. Now, demtio means what one takes away from oneself to give to the Lord. — QUESTIONS ON EXODUS, Q. 167 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)