Exodus 35:25

“And all the women that were wise hearted, etc.] That were ingenious, and had a good hand at spinning particularly, these were of the common and lower sort; the more honourable and richer sort of women are before mentioned, as bringing jewels or ornaments of gold of different sorts: but these were such who did spin [with] their hands; in which way they got their living: some were more dexterous at it than others: and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen; that is, yarn of these several colours, and flaxen thread, of which fine linen was made, all ready for the weaver, whether in woollen or linen.”

“Exo 28:3, Exo 31:6, Exo 36:1; Kg2 23:7; Pro 14:1, Pro 31:19-24; Luk 8:2, Luk 8:3; Act 9:39; Rom 16:1-4, Rom 16:6, Rom 16:12; Gal 3:28; Phi 4:3 Exodus 35:26”

“All the women who understood it (were wise-hearted, as in Exo 28:3) spun with their hands, and presented what they spun, viz., the yarn required for the blue and red purple cloth, the crimson and the byssus; from which it is evident that the coloured cloths were dyed in the yarn or in the wool, as was the case in Egypt according to different specimens of old Egyptian cloths (see Hengstenberg, Egypt and the Books of Moses, p. 144). Other women spun goats' hair for the upper or outer covering of the tent ( Exo 26:7.). Spinning was done by the women in very early times (Plin. hist. n. 8, 48), particularly in Egypt, where women are represented on the monuments as busily engaged with the spindle…”