Exodus 35:5
in Exodus 35Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
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ASV
Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah’s offering: gold, and silver, and 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,
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This verse in Exodus 35
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAn offering - A terumah or heave-offering; see Lev 7:1, etc. 35:5, Exo 35:6 See, on these metals and colors, Exo 25:3 (note), Exo 25:4 (note), etc.
This site's exposition
This is the thing which the Lord commanded
on Exodus 35:4-9
The offering is asked of whosoever is of a willing heart, with no rate set and no man named. The materials are the goods of Egypt, which Exodus 12:35-36 says the people asked for and were given on the night they left, and which Genesis 15:14 had promised when it said they would come out with great substance. The list runs from gold down to badgers' skins in the same graded order the finished structure keeps, precious metal innermost and plain hide outside.
This site's exposition
Take from among you an offering
The call repeats 25:2, where the LORD asked for an offering from each person whose heart moved him. Adam Clarke identifies the word for offering as terumah, the heave offering. Moses now puts that request to the people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the Lord,....
Our goodness extends not to God, but what is laid out for the support of his kingdom and interest among men he is pleased to accept as an offering to himself; and he requires such acknowledgements of our receiving our all from him and such instances of our dedicating our all to him. The rule is, Whosoever is of a willing heart let him bring.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קְח֨וּ | kechu | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מֵֽאִתְּכֶ֤ם | meitekhem | from with <the> you | H854 → | 929 times |
| תְּרוּמָה֙ | terumah | a contribution | H8641 → | 76 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כֹּ֚ל | kol | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְדִ֣יב | nediv | <the> [person] willing of | H5081 → | |
| לִבּ֔וֹ | libo | heart his | H3820 → | 595 times |
| יְבִיאֶ֕הָ | yevieha | let him bring it | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּרוּמַ֣ת | terumat | [the] contribution of | H8641 → | 76 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וָכֶ֖סֶף | vakhesef | and silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ | unechoshet | and bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
קְח֨וּtake
kechuH3947 →966 times
מֵֽאִתְּכֶ֤םfrom with <the> you
meitekhemH854 →929 times
תְּרוּמָה֙a contribution
terumahH8641 →76 times
לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
כֹּ֚לevery
kolH3605 →5413 times
נְדִ֣יב<the> [person] willing of
nedivH5081 →
לִבּ֔וֹheart his
liboH3820 →595 times
יְבִיאֶ֕הָlet him bring it
yeviehaH935 →2568 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of
terumatH8641 →76 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
זָהָ֥בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וָכֶ֖סֶףand silver
vakhesefH3701 →403 times
וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃and bronze
unechoshetH5178 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Exodus 25:2
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Proverbs 11:25
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
Through
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.
it leads to
- Judges 5:2
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Judges 5:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.