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Exodus 25:1–2

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AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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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2 Corinthians 9:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Nehemiah 11:2Rank 2 from verse 2
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²And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:68Rank 3 from verse 2
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⁶⁸¶ And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Ezra 1:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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⁶And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Ezra 7:16Rank 5 from verse 2
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¹⁶And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Ezra 3:5Rank 6 from verse 2
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⁵And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:1–30Rank 7 from verse 2
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¹FURTHERMORE David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
²Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
³Moreover, 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,
⁴Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
⁵The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
⁶¶ Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,
⁷And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
⁸And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
⁹Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
¹⁰¶ Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
¹¹Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
¹²Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
¹⁴But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
¹⁶O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
¹⁷I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
¹⁸O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
¹⁹And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
²⁰¶ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.
²¹And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
²²And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
²³Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
²⁴And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
²⁵And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
²⁶¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
²⁷And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
²⁸And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
²⁹Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
³⁰With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
Psalms 110:3Rank 8 from verse 2
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³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Deuteronomy 16:16–17Rank 9 from verse 2
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¹⁶¶ 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:
¹⁷Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
Judges 5:9Rank 10 from verse 2
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⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
Numbers 18:24Rank 11 from verse 2
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²⁴But 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.
Exodus 35:4–29Rank 12 from verse 2
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⁴¶ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,
⁵Take 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,
⁶And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
⁷And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
⁸And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
⁹And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
¹⁰And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded;
¹¹The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
¹²The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
¹³The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
¹⁴The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
¹⁵And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
¹⁶The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
¹⁷The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
¹⁸The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
¹⁹The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
²⁰¶ And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
²¹And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
²²And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
²³And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.
²⁴Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.
²⁵And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
²⁶And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
²⁷And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
²⁸And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
²⁹The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 7:3–88Rank 13 from verse 2
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³And 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.
⁴And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
⁵Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
⁶And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
⁷Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
⁸And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
⁹But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
¹⁰¶ And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
¹¹And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
¹²¶ And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
¹³And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
¹⁴One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
¹⁵One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
¹⁶One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
¹⁷And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
¹⁸¶ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
¹⁹He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
²⁰One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
²¹One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
²²One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
²³And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
²⁴¶ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
²⁵His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
²⁶One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
²⁷One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
²⁸One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
²⁹And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
³⁰¶ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
³¹His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
³²One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
³³One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
³⁴One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
³⁵And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
³⁶¶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
³⁷His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
³⁸One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
³⁹One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁴⁰One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁴¹And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
⁴²¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
⁴³His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁴⁴One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁴⁵One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁴⁶One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁴⁷And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
⁴⁸¶ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
⁴⁹His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁵⁰One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁵¹One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁵²One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁵³And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
⁵⁴¶ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
⁵⁵His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁵⁶One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁵⁷One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁵⁸One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁵⁹And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
⁶⁰¶ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
⁶¹His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁶²One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁶³One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁶⁴One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁶⁵And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
⁶⁶¶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
⁶⁷His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁶⁸One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁶⁹One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁷⁰One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁷¹And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
⁷²¶ On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
⁷³His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁷⁴One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁷⁵One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁷⁶One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁷⁷And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
⁷⁸¶ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
⁷⁹His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
⁸⁰One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
⁸¹One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
⁸²One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
⁸³And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
⁸⁴This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
⁸⁵Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
⁸⁶The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
⁸⁷All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
⁸⁸And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
2 Corinthians 8:11–12Rank 14 from verse 2
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¹¹Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
¹²For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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Exodus 25:1

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LORD

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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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Exodus 25:2

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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offering

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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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willingly

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By one's own choice or consent; not by constraint.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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¹AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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²Speak 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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³And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,