Exodus 25:2
New International Version
“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.

New Living Translation
“Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.

English Standard Version
“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

Berean Standard Bible
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

New American Standard Bible
“Tell the sons of Israel to take a contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My contribution.

NASB 1995
“Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

NASB 1977
“Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Speak with the sons of Israel so that they take a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart is willing you shall take My contribution.

Amplified Bible
“Tell the children of Israel to take an offering for Me. From every man whose heart moves him [to give willingly] you shall take My offering.

Christian Standard Bible
“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Tell the Israelites to take an offering for Me. You are to take My offering from everyone who is willing to give.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Speak to them of the house of Israel and they will separate to me an offering from every man; what is considered in his heart you shall receive as an offering.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits.

Contemporary English Version
Tell everyone in Israel who wants to give gifts that they must bring them to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Tell the Israelites to choose something to give me as a special contribution. You must accept whatever contribution each person freely gives.

Good News Translation
"Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.

International Standard Version
"Tell the Israelis to take an offering for me, and you are to accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and they take a raised-offering for Me; you take My raised-offering from every man whose heart impels him.

Majority Standard Bible
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

New American Bible
Speak to the Israelites: Let them receive contributions for me. From each you shall receive the contribution that their hearts prompt them to give me.

NET Bible
"Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.

New Revised Standard Version
Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.

New Heart English Bible
"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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Speak to 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.

World English Bible
“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.

Young's Literal Translation
'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.

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Context
Offerings for the Tabernacle
1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him. 3This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 8:11
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Exodus 25:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 25:3
This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 35:4
Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded:

Exodus 35:21
And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.


Treasury of Scripture

Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.

they

Exodus 35:5-29
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, …

Numbers 7:3-88
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle…

Deuteronomy 16:16,17
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: …

bring me.

Numbers 18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

willingly

Exodus 35:5,21
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, …

Judges 5:9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

1 Chronicles 29:3,5,9,14,17
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, …

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Exodus 25
1. What the Israelites were to offer for the building of the tabernacle
10. The dimensions of the ark
17. The mercy seat, with the cherubim
23. The table of show bread, with the furniture thereof
31. The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof














XXV.

THE GIFTS WHICH MIGHT BE GIVEN FOR THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTS' DRESSES.

(2) Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering.--God, being about to command the construction of a dwelling for Himself, such as the circumstances of the case allowed, prefaced His directions concerning its materials and form by instructing Moses to invite the people to contribute from their stores, as an offering to Himself, the various substances which were suitable for the dwelling and its appurtenances. The erection of sanctuaries is one of the fittest occasions for man to shew his gratitude to God by giving to Him of His own, largely and liberally.

Of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart.--Heb., of every man whose heart impels him. Unless gifts come from the heart, they are an offence to God. He "loveth a cheerful giver." When the time came, a noble and liberal spirit was not wanting. (See Exodus 35:21-29; Exodus 36:3-7.)

My offering.--Literally, my heave-offering. But the word seems to be intended in a generic sense.

Verse 2. - Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering. The word translated "offering" is that commonly rendered" heave-offering;" but it seems to be used here (as in Exodus 30:13; Exodus 35:5, etc.) in a generic sense. The propriety of the people, when God was about establishing his habitation among them, presenting to God all the materials needed, is self-evident and requires no comment. Of every man that giveth it willingly. Literally, "of every man whose heart drives him." God will have no gifts but such as are freely offered. He "loveth a cheerful giver. If a man gives grudgingly or of necessity," God rejects the gift. On the noble spirit which the people showed when the appeal was made to them, see Exodus 35:21-29; and Exodus 36:37

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Tell
דַּבֵּר֙ (dab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

the Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

to bring
וְיִקְחוּ־ (wə·yiq·ḥū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

Me
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

an offering.
תְּרוּמָ֑ה (tə·rū·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)

You are to receive
תִּקְח֖וּ (tiq·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

My offering
תְּרוּמָתִֽי׃ (tə·rū·mā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)

from every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

man
אִישׁ֙ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

whose
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

heart
לִבּ֔וֹ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

compels him.
יִדְּבֶ֣נּוּ (yid·də·ḇen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5068: To impel, to volunteer, to present spontaneously


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