Everyone who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins dyed red or fine leather, brought them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
- KJV And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.
- BSB Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
- NKJV And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.
- NLT All those who owned the following items willingly brought them: blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth; and tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather.
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Quick answer
Those who had yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, and leather bring these materials for the work.
Overview
Each person contributes whatever suitable material he possessed, so the whole community shared in the project. No one was excluded who had something to give. This breadth of participation pictures the body of Christ, where every member offers what God has provided for the common good (1 Peter 4:10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Chr 29:8People with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of Yahweh’s house, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
- Exod 25:2–7“Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
- Exod 35:6–10blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
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