‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying, ‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
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‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,
blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,
rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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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,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
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Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD, whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD'S offering: gold, and silver, and brass;
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;
Cross-references (13)
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 (v5) Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Psalms 110:3 (v5) Your 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…
- Exodus 25:2-7 (v5) “Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my…
- Judges 5:9 (v5) My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
- 2 Corinthians 8:11-12 (v5) But 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.…
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- Exodus 26:1 (v6) “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall…
- Exodus 26:7-14 (v6) “You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains. The length of each curtain…
- Exodus 26:31 (v6) “You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of a skillful workman.
- Exodus 26:36 (v6) “You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 28:5-6 (v6) They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. “They shall make the ephod of gold, blue,…
- Exodus 28:15 (v6) “You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of…
- Exodus 28:33 (v6) On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, all around its hem; with bells of gold between and around…
- Mark 12:41-44 (v5) Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. A poor widow…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv5–7 Exo 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering…
Exo 35:5 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,
Ver. 5. {See Trapp on "Exo 35:4"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v5 Whosoever is of a willing heart, for God values…
Whosoever is of a willing heart, for God values not forced or grudged services, 2Co 9:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On v5 Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the…
Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the Lord,.... That is, they were to take a part of their substance, of what they were possessed of, every man according to his ability, out of what he had in his hand that was suitable, and present it as a freewill offering to the Lord, for the use of the tabernacle to be built, and the service of it:
whosoever is of a willing heart; that is, of a generous and liberal disposition:
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let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; or an offering to him, otherwise not; if brought niggardly and grudgingly it would not be acceptable, for God loves a willing and cheerful giver:
gold, silver, and brass: here and in the four following verses, the several things are particularly mentioned, which would be wanted in building the tabernacle, and in the service of it, and therefore would be acceptable; and they being exactly the same, and delivered in the same words and in the same order as in Exo 25:3 the reader is referred to the notes there. See Gill on Exo 25:3. See Gill on Exo 25:4. See Gill on Exo 25:5. See Gill on Exo 25:6. See Gill on Exo 25:7.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5–7 Verse 5. An offering - A terumah or heave-offering;…
Verse 5. An offering - A terumah or heave-offering; see Le 7:1, etc. , Ex 35:6
See, on these metals and colours, Ex 25:3-4. &c.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v5 THE OFFERINGS FOR THE SANCTUARY, Exo_35:4-29.
THE OFFERINGS FOR THE SANCTUARY, Exo_35:4-29.
5-9. An offering — See notes on Exo_25:2-7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–7 5. from among] from; ‘among’ is wrong. The prep.…
5. from among] from; ‘among’ is wrong. The prep. is the one rendered ‘of’ (i.e. from) in Exo_25:2.
an offering (twice)] a contribution, Heb. terûmâh; see on Exo_25:2.
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of a willing heart] cf. on Exo_25:2.
brass] bronze or copper, as Exo_25:3.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v5 Vers. 5-10 correspond to vers. 2-7 of ch. 25.,…
Vers. 5-10 correspond to vers. 2-7 of ch. 25., the correspondence in the list of offerings being exact.
HOMILETICS.
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On the symbolism of the Tabernacle and its parts, see the Homiletics on Exo_25:10-39 Ex 26; Exo_27:1-8; and Exo_30:1-10. On the symbolism of the anointing oil and the holy incense, see the Homiletics on Exo_30:23-28.
Vers. 5-19. The duty and privilege of making offerings to God.
That God allows us to offer to him of his own, and accepts such offerings as free gifts, is one of his many gracious condescensions. It is the part of all ministers to give opportunity for such offerings to encourage them, suggest them, elicit them. Moses now summoned "all the congregation of the children of Israel," that he might give to all, without partiality or favouritism, the opportunity for a good action, which would obtain its due reward. Doubtless he pointed out that the object was one for the glory of God and the edification of his people no less an object than the substitution for that poor "tent of meeting," which he had extemporised on the morrow of his first descent from Sinai, (Exo_33:7) of a glorious structure, Of the richest materials, designed by God himself, worthy of him, and suited to intensify and spiritualise the devotions of all worshippers. It was fit that the structure should, if possible, be raised by means of the free gifts of the faithful. For this Moses now, like a faithful minister of Christ, made appeal to all. In doing so, he pointed out the two modes in which such offerings may be made.
I OFFERINGS MAY BE MADE BY THE ASSIGNMENT TO A SACRED USE OF A PORTION OF OUR SUBSTANCE. All who had gold, silver, brass, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goat"s hair, etc., were invited to contribute out of their abundance to the erection of the new sanctuary. It was especially urged that, if they did so, it should be with "a willing heart" (ver. 1) grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver". (2Co_9:7) Such a mode of offering is open to those only who have property of some kind or other, and is especially suited to the rich and well-to-do classes; and it was no doubt the wealthy who at this time chiefly contributed in this way. But, as God is "no respecter of persons," and regards the poor and needy fully as much as those who are of high estate, some further mode of making him an offering is necessary. Note, in this connection, that
II OFFERINGS MAY BE MADE BY THE DEVOTION TO A SACRED USE OF SOME PORTION OF OUR TIME AND LABOUR. "Every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded" (ver. 10). All who had sufficient skill were invited to join in the actual work of preparing and making the various fabrics. Carpenters, weavers, dyers, smiths, embroiderers, metallurgists, might contribute their time and work, and so make an offering to God as acceptable as that of the gold or jewels of the wealthy. Even poor women, whose only skill was to spin thread with their hands (ver. 25), might "bring that which they had spun," and were accepted as offering worthily. In this way there were few families that might not have their part in the work, for spinning was a wide-spread accomplishment. And so, in our own day, whenever any good work is taken in hand, it will always be found that every one who wills can have some part in it can hep, by headwork or by handiwork, to effect the end desired. And the value of such participation is quite equal to that rendered by rich contributors, at any rate, in the sight of God. For observe, the women who spun goat"s hair are placed side by side with the "rulers" who "brought onyx stones," and costly spices, and jewels to be set in the high-priest"s breastplate (vers. 26-28).
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v7 i.e. acacia.
shittim
i.e. acacia.
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