Exodus 25:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.”
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““Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 25:2 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 35:4Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
- Numbers 7:3They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 18:24For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- Judges 5:9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:5for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”
- Ezra 1:6And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
- Ezra 2:68When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
- Ezra 3:5After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD.
- Ezra 7:16together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 11:2And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
- Psalms 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.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- 2 Corinthians 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).