Exodus 35:5
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5 Take from among you an offering to the Lord; let whoever is of a generous heart bring the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;
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2 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.(A)
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Exodus 25:2-7
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2 “Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.(A) 3 This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats’ hair, 5 tanned rams’ skins, fine leather,[a] acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,(B) 7 onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.(C)
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- 25.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 110:3
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3 Your people will offer themselves willingly
on the day you lead your forces
on the holy mountains.[a]
From the womb of the morning,
like dew, your youth[b] will come to you.(A)
Mark 12:41-44
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The Widow’s Offering
41 He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.(A) 42 A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. 43 Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.(B) 44 For all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
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Judges 5:9
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9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
who offered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless the Lord.
2 Corinthians 8:11-12
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11 Now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means.(A) 12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.(B)
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