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;
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, brass,
- 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,
- 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 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- Ps 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Exod 25:2–7“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Judg 5:9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- 2 Cor 8:11–12Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- Mark 12:41–44As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
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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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