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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Gill's Exposition
Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the Lord,.... That is, they were to take a part of their substance, of what they were possessed of, every man according to his ability, out of what he had in…
Adam Clarke
An offering - A terumah or heave-offering; see Lev 7:1, etc. , Exo 35:6
See, on these metals and colors, Exo 25:3 (note), Exo 25:4 (note), etc.
It was said in general (Exo 34:32), Moses gave them in commandment all that the Lord has spoken with him. But, the erecting and furnishing of the tabernacle being the work to which they were now…
Cambridge Bible
from among from; -among" is wrong. The prep. is the one rendered -of" (i.e. from) in Exo 25:2.
an offering(twice)] a contribution, Heb. terûmâh; see on Exo 25:2.
of a willing heart cf. on Exo…
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