‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, brass,
Parallel translations
- KJV Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
- BSB Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
- NKJV ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze;
- NASB ‘Take from among you a contribution to the Lord; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze,
- NLT Take a sacred offering for the Lord. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze;
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Quick answer
Israel is invited to bring a freewill offering of precious materials, given from a willing heart.
Overview
The contributions for the tabernacle are to come from those who are willing-hearted, not by compulsion, listing gold, silver, and bronze among the gifts. God desires offerings that flow from glad devotion. This anticipates the New Testament principle that God loves a cheerful giver who gives freely in response to grace (2 Corinthians 8:12; 9:7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Cor 9:7Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- 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.
- Judg 5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
- 2 Cor 8:11–12But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
- Mark 12:41–44Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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