Exodus 25:2 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 25:2

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That they bring me an offering - The offering here mentioned is the תרומה terumah, a kind of free-will offering, consisting of any thing that was necessary for the occasion. It signifies properly any thing that was lifted up, the heave-offering, because in presenting it to God it was lifted up to be laid on his altar; but see Clarke on Exo 29:27 (note).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דַּבֵּר֙	da.Ber	speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְיִקְחוּ־	ve.yik.chu-	so they may take	H3947 →
לִ֖י	li	for <the> me
תְּרוּמָ֑ה	te.ru.Mah	a contribution	H8641 →
מֵאֵ֤ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	person	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
יִדְּבֶ֣נּוּ	yi.de.Ve.nu	it will impel him	H5068 →
לִבּ֔וֹ	li.Bo	heart his	H3820 →
תִּקְח֖וּ	tik.Chu	you will take	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
תְּרוּמָתִֽי׃	te.ru.ma.Ti	contribution my	H8641 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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.
- 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…
- Proverbs 11:25
  A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Deuteronomy 15:7–11
  If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or…
Through
Ezra 2:68
When 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.
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Nehemiah 11:2
And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
leads to
- Judges 5:9
  My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
Through
Ezra 1:6
And 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.
leads to
- Ezra 1:4
  And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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